UPDATE: Humanity Lost Volume One is now available in print form! Link: www.amazon.co.uk/Humanity-Lost-Callum-Stephen-Diggle/dp/B0C6BWWTD1
@_CLODD_
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Definitely going to pick this up.
@TroyTheCatFish
Жыл бұрын
Incredible 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
@TroyTheCatFish
Жыл бұрын
W
@C.S.Diggle
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting people know that the book is out! And thanks again for sharing my work, I appreciate it so SO much 🙏
@nathanstrimpel1550
Жыл бұрын
@@C.S.DiggleI just got the first volume for my 23rd birthday by my twin, who read it online and recommended it to me. I have to say, it’s INCREDIBLE. Genuinely so much potential to take this story in so many directions, I just finished it while I was at work. I can’t stop gushing about it, it’s honestly one of the best graphic novels I’ve ever read. So uh…. WHEN TF IS VOLUME 2 COMIN OUT? 😤 Bro left me on a cliff hanger after Losté remembered his past
@RebeccaTheHuman
2 жыл бұрын
I really love how the alien species are actually alien and not like. Humanoid with antennae or something mundane like that. It’s so interesting to think about how other non humanoid intelligent species would live and socialize.
@blugaledoh2669
2 жыл бұрын
Well it is possible for humanoid species to exist.
@sainsburyshopper
2 жыл бұрын
If alien's aren't hot catgirls then why even bother making first contact?
@blugaledoh2669
2 жыл бұрын
@@sainsburyshopper ah a man of culture
@danielharvison7510
2 жыл бұрын
@@blugaledoh2669 Well, our perspectives on what aliens could be are largely limited because of needing actors to portray these creatures, until very recently. But even with animation, the model has tended toward humanoid more often than not, simply because we would tend to relate to them more than something more "alien". Does make me think that we need some creativity back in sci-fi, something genre defining and fresh. But what are the odds these days?
@danielharvison7510
2 жыл бұрын
I just thought of the Elcor from Mass Effect. They're quadrupeds, and have communication that most species see as too subtle to really "get" what they're trying to say. Another good example are species like the Hanar, basically sentient jellyfish. Not too many examples of really "alien" creatures from game series other than that coming to mind right now though. At least without some big cliche attached to them. I think Klaatu from "The day the Earth stood still" is an interesting example of possible alien life though, having to be born here and adapt to our environment.
@zasproductions9258
2 жыл бұрын
The idea of being the last human in the universe and teaming up to stop a hyperintelligent alliance is quite fascinating
@danielharvison7510
2 жыл бұрын
Hyper-intelligent? I dunno. I suppose from a human perspective, a post-human/ai hybrid might seem intelligent, it's frighteningly short-sighted. If it's going to do nothing but consume any world it comes across, it's going to come to a point where there either aren't enough resources to sustain such rapacious growth, or run out of worlds and resources to consume. There's no analysis of what its done so far, no evaluating whether this or that is a good path or how well its decisions have been, it just seems single minded, wanting to do nothing but consume. If I were to compare that AI to anything in popular culture, I'd have to go with Samaritan, from Person of Interest. Even that one took the time to review its decisions and try to "guide" humanity according to its perspective of our needs and limitations. If I were that last human, I'd think things looked a little bleak, to put it mildly. Poor fella.
@hellatze
2 жыл бұрын
Dp you watch the vids
@driveasandwich6734
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielharvison7510 It is not consuming them, it's turnung them into wombworlds.
@JohnCena-le1jj
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielharvison7510 Conceivably the AI can make optimizations for sustainability after the war is won. There's nothing inherently wrong with conquest.
@claggor1070
2 жыл бұрын
And sad since humanity is really lost
@TexanSupremacy
Жыл бұрын
I googled “Humanity Lost” hoping to find the book this was based on. Ended up buying the wrong book with the same title. I realized it a few minutes in, but I kept reading and it was a pleasant surprise! It’s a short story that only took me a little over an hour to read, high recommend! It’s about 6 astronauts who are on a mission to save humanity, when something goes horribly wrong they turn to drastic measures to complete the mission. Author is Meghan Douglass
@maxmitchell8472
Жыл бұрын
Damn that sounds cool
@raining_trees
Жыл бұрын
yeah it was honestly kind of annoying trying to find info on the graphic novel because Meghan's search results kept getting in the way
@AMAli-ct5df
Жыл бұрын
Basically it is the book turned into graphic novel
@czvsc954
Жыл бұрын
@@AMAli-ct5df nope
@AMAli-ct5df
Жыл бұрын
@@czvsc954I found the same, I searched from it from Everywhere
@alienz8641
2 жыл бұрын
It’s really cool to see Humans as the alien invaders as opposed to the Extraterrestrials themselves. It’s kind of like War of the Worlds but with an inverted perspective.
@pinhe1350
2 жыл бұрын
It's like war of the world but trenches warfare, artillery, reversed engineered technology and corporation wins against the martians instead some lone tiny bacteria
@alienz8641
2 жыл бұрын
@@pinhe1350 Exactly!
@asmodai2025
2 жыл бұрын
Literally Warhammer 40K.
@brandonlyon730
2 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of that animated movie that came out years ago with such a premise, “Planet 51”. Though that was a more lighthearted kids film and there was no real invasion just insane paranoia from the native population.
@CharliMorganMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Based on what we have observed, this is the most likely outcome. I think it's very likely that we are the first civilization. If not, I doubt we're far behind anyone else.
@ChrissieBear
2 жыл бұрын
Humans: "AI, how do we defeat the aliens?" AI: "Turn humans into organic bug ships!" Humans: "..."
@joshuagonzalez4183
2 жыл бұрын
Aliens: “You get what you fuckin deserve!”
@Stothehighest
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like we didn't state our terminal goals all that well to the AI.
@opo3628
2 жыл бұрын
Well...it *works.* Can't really argue with the results.
@bonejangles
2 жыл бұрын
The Qu: “WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN”
@Rampageotron
2 жыл бұрын
Try turning it off and then on again.
@MrGoatflakes
2 жыл бұрын
6:28 "Foolish human. While you were wasting time conquering the galaxy, I was mastering the blade."
@Bananakingchad
Жыл бұрын
Loads American 50 cal
@Yuh_zhimmy
Жыл бұрын
@@Bananakingchad26th century 50 cal
@rjs4176
2 жыл бұрын
I've thought of plenty of my own weird alien species before but I've never seen anything like what I've drawn or thought up on the scale of this. It might come as some great inspiration to draw from.
@justruinedyourday4864
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@guillaume_beaumont
2 жыл бұрын
The more of these great projects the better! Follow your aspirations man, creative minds like yours are the reason why so many people love the novels that speculative biology produces! Good luck to you if you choose to follow through and make your own series!
@rjs4176
2 жыл бұрын
@@guillaume_beaumont I've... Never had somebody tell me that before... Thanks.
@guillaume_beaumont
2 жыл бұрын
@@rjs4176 You're welcome!
@garrettmcpherson971
2 жыл бұрын
Same. I have worked on one project for 5 years on and off. My biggest problem is that I am not artistic so I can write descriptions of species, great cities, wars etc… but I can’t draw them
@trolly4233
2 жыл бұрын
Humanity Lost would make for one hell of a movie or game, even now with the story incomplete it sounds absolutely amazing. Even the title alone would draw attention.
@frosta1184
2 жыл бұрын
For real!
@shcdemolisher
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Especailly if they did explore the topics of what humanity has become and lessons to learn from it. I feel if it was a game, it would be the best way to explore it, movie wise..... you might get something done in a trilogy or a 4 part series, and that's it.
@sgoldendragon3603
2 жыл бұрын
While somewhat unfortunate for humanity themselves, this story is a nice change of pace. I always enjoy sci-fi with odd twists or unexpected features to it. I've often wondered why humans couldn't be the most powerful species; glad I wasn't the only one. And the alien designs are quite nice. I could stand to learn from them for my own books and all.
@Lumberjack_king
Жыл бұрын
Yeah humanity is violent greedy and expansionist it makes sense that we'd be the conquering force of the galaxy
@TheunknownuserM07
8 ай бұрын
Maybe take a nack at deathworlders, if you haven't.
@bibby659
2 жыл бұрын
When it comes to winning or losing, you can guarantee that humanity would take itself and anything else out with it rather than lose, which also I feel a bit of the theme here, where not only are we the invaders, but we basically fulfill the stereotype of us destroying ourselves simply because we begin to lose a war we should never have participated in because of our own greed.
@georgesparling7179
2 жыл бұрын
Well humanity should not have done what it did at the start there is also the question of whether or not the conglomerate gave them the option of reasonable surrender or peace. If the conglomerate just went into the war intent on extermination or effective enslavement of humanity then humanity’s action is not unreasonable, I mean if you are going to die anyway why not take the other guys down in your death throws. On the other hand if the conglomerate was measured in its punitive action then humanity is unjustified in its actions. Basically if the conglomerate was like “this species is being tyrannical with their with there superior technology so let’s commit genocide against them with ours” then humanity doing something desperate when pushed onto the thin ice is understandable and even reasonable, if not then they had become monsters before their transformation by the AI.
@StarryStarryNocturne
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgesparling7179 I know this was just a brief summary of events thus far, but he never mentioned anything about The Conglomerate declaring war on humans. He just said they decimated and removed all human presence off Chiron. It was the humans that regarded the act as an act of war. Reads to me more like there was no option for surrender, but also there was no declaration of war from The Conglomerate's end. They simply wanted to swiftly remove humanity from Chiron and both check their abusive advancements on other worlds and place their sense of entitlement over other worlds and their native populaces in check. He said humanity's activities on Chiron "awakened" The Conglomerate, meaning they were inactive prior to this, which gives the impression of it being more of a policing alliance rather than a power-flexing one that actively seeks out targets to flex it's power on. He also said that humanity felt completely out-matched by The Conglomerate. With these two things in mind, it wouldn't make sense that A) a supremely powerful policing alliance that only becomes active when needed like The Conglomerate would suddenly wish to exterminate an entire species just because it can and B) that humanity would be allowed the time to develop and activate a dangerously powerful AI and then the time for said AI to completely absorb and transform humanity into bio-mechanical weapons by said supremely powerful force if it was out to exterminate them.
@Lumberjack_king
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think humans definitely started it
@bertiesaurus
2 жыл бұрын
No we wouldn’t
@wilmagregg3131
2 жыл бұрын
@@StarryStarryNocturne it depends what the AI orginally was like if it was MENT to be a singularity ai then yeah that was a horrible idea. but if they just built the latest supercomptuer and asked it to find a way to help them win the war and it reached the singularity upon its iterative attempts to defeat this vastly superior alien force and ended up like this. then its just unfornate like if humanity was wrong and the first detonation of a atom bomb ignited the atomsphere and ended us.
@namehere4922
2 жыл бұрын
“With this empire, now called the Imperium” Every 40k fan in a 50 mile radius: 👀
@th3oryO
2 жыл бұрын
Is this the timeline where the machine god takes over the universe? Hmm...
@Zoanthr0p3s
2 жыл бұрын
Skitari
@kavky
2 жыл бұрын
@@th3oryO The Omnissiah has a stroke and turns humanity into tyranids.
@skepticalmagos_101
2 жыл бұрын
@@kavky 😂
@SaberKingofKnights1
2 жыл бұрын
The omnissiah clearly smoked to much electromechanical weed.
@familiaviladelahuerta9771
2 жыл бұрын
It's disturbing to see how the humans became something akin to the tyranids and i love it
@TimothyMark7
2 жыл бұрын
they become the very biomechanical monsters they once grew disgust against hell this can easily take place in the scorn universe where all previous human worlds are nothing more but biomechanical factories and the main character wakes up in one of them
@marcusaaronliaogo9158
2 жыл бұрын
@@TimothyMark7 they became the mechanicus
@JTSquirrel
2 жыл бұрын
Ironically named the Imperium lol
@Agenthellion
2 жыл бұрын
What happening to Humanity is almost like what happen to the Necron. The AI is like the C'tan who turned Necron into mechanical beings. But the part of the last Human teaming up with the Aliens to take down the Human Empire reminds me of the comic, Prophet(2012).
@MySerpentine
2 жыл бұрын
It's realistic. Way too many humans are greedy bastards.
@adiveler
2 жыл бұрын
It's so refreshing to see stories about alien species that aren't lazily "design" to looks like humans with different color skin (like you would usually see in both Marvel and DC comics)!
@geraldsnodd
2 жыл бұрын
TRUE,that would have been a human centric perspective. 🙂👍
@SalmanKhan-dx1ch
2 жыл бұрын
in dc, marvel's defense most of the stories and characters were wrote up 30 or 40 years ago, when humanoid aliens were a common thing
@adiveler
2 жыл бұрын
@@SalmanKhan-dx1ch Lovecraft stories existed since the 20s, so...
@shadowx8145
2 жыл бұрын
@@adiveler and marvel took inspiration from that as well. However humanoid aliens are designed that way to be more relatable and of course it worked. And I'm pretty sure it worked for u too. However not EVERY alien in marvel and dc are humanoid
@magnarcreed3801
2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowx8145 That’s just because so many humans are too stupid to empathize with anything not similar enough to us.
@pavelthefabulous5675
2 жыл бұрын
I can imagine there being a small enclave of "normal humans" that acts as an insurgency and fights against the AI government by using kinetic weapons. They would accelerate tungsten rods or something really dense with solar sails, flinging them into the planet surface at insane speeds.
@theeagle4463
Жыл бұрын
So you mean Marco Inaros Free Navy?
@WyattXD
Жыл бұрын
@@theeagle4463 BEL-TA-LOW-DA
@pavelthefabulous5675
Жыл бұрын
@Peter Jordan I think if the AI was biological, they would either use manmade diseases to kill parts of it. They might also release pheremones that possibly hack into its system and turn parts of it against each other. I think an AI would know how to counter these vulnerabilities though. The most effective way to deal with it would probably be to drop a shit ton of dirty bombs on the planet that would irradiate everything beyond what even a robust life form could survive, like a fly or a cockroach.
@britishaviator5942
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about that too, but due to the immense power of the AI, any human resistance would have to be deep within Conglomerate territory, since the horde could easily overpower any enclave that was set up on a planet within their grasp.
@pavelthefabulous5675
Жыл бұрын
@@britishaviator5942 That is true. Maybe a more realistic free humanity would live more like the Romani, and they would constantly migrate as far away as possible from the AI. They would use some Faster-Than-Light travel that would allow them to outrun their own electromagnetic signature, and they would avoid any comms that rely on warp drive to be transmitted, instead using old methods of radio communication. I can imagine such an AI using warp drives to send little probes everywhere to spot the human migrants and send forth light and fast spacecrafts to carry out pogroms. For this reason, the humans would be constantly on the move. There might be some goal of traversing into one of the massive "voids" faraway from any star system and only venturing towards stars to replenish resources. Another alternative may be to orbit near black holes that might disrupt warp speed transportation and obscure the humans' electromagnetic signature. Humans may also attempt to create a new AI that follows a specific code of laws similar to Asimov's Laws of Robotics that can fight or delay the malicious AI, or they may modify themselves with AI and enhancements, but these would be regulated by a religious code that prohibits altering certain key human characteristics such as consciousness or mating. There could also be simple genetic modifications done to create "superhumans", but these would have to be heavily regulated to maintain genetic diversity and avoid creating Space Hapsburgs.
@labyrinthdweller6707
2 жыл бұрын
There is a creepy pasta called humanity that is one of my favorites. It’s about how humanity essentially became the boogeymen of the galaxy. It’s super cool.
@harryrundle7897
2 жыл бұрын
love that one
@hotslice7704
2 жыл бұрын
@@harryrundle7897 Can I get a link to the story pls and thanks
in case that gets deleted, look up Mankind by the channel called Magnetar
@kapoink835
2 жыл бұрын
@@harryrundle7897 Please provide us with the link!
@michaelknight5211
2 жыл бұрын
this is what most scifi movies are lacking. Like they have extremely good setting, creatures, stories, but u rarely get to know their detailed biology, evolution, backstories etc. Maybe im just a nerd but id love to see more “sci-fi documents” such as Expedition etc. Great video btw! Keep doing them please!
@michaelknight5211
2 жыл бұрын
@@macmcskullface1004 i agree, not saying they are bad tho, just that i really like the details. If you could reccomend some “hard scifi” movies or good books, id appreciate that
@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon
2 жыл бұрын
Kind of hard to have that without exposition in an hour and a half
@CERTAIND00M
2 жыл бұрын
Sincerely, thank you for making this video. You stood nothing to gain from spotlighting an indie comic book with no algorithmic benefit to its name, making this a truly noble effort. And it was such a good call. Humanity Lost is literally some of the best sci-fi to come out in a long while. It's awesome to return to this video a few months later and see that it now has over (holy shit) 1.5 MILLION VIEWS! Ironically, Humanity Lost has given me so much hope in humanity.
@richardleeskinneriii9640
2 жыл бұрын
YES. And Callum is a really cool guy, very responsive to his patreon folks. The story has continued to kick ass.
@habibishapur
11 ай бұрын
Why are you pretending like spec-evo isnt currently receiving a wave of normie attention?
@kerruo2631
2 жыл бұрын
The design of the "new humanity" is so original. You'd think that a machine would make more machines but for some reason this AI is creating biological soldiers.
@AwfulnewsFM
2 жыл бұрын
May be humans asked to be alive and involved as a safety measure so the AI dose'nt kill them and then it back fired.
@franknbeans1176
2 жыл бұрын
Uhm, Mass Effect Reapers?
@pacefactor
2 жыл бұрын
Why waste free resources?
@rexpugh844
2 жыл бұрын
Well machines require metal and skill labor to be made and all humans need is one big birthing chamber and presto you got a human
@Ahandleofrum
2 жыл бұрын
Part of AI's primary directive is probably something like. "Protect Humanity" and it just does it the best way it knows how. This concept was explored in a horror game Soma.
@guillaume_beaumont
2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to thank you for getting me into speculative biology and all of these interesting worldbuilding projects that I had no idea existed. I found your content after looking for information about the biology in Subnautica and I have never missed a video since. Best of luck to you and your content!
@CuriousArchive
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching my stuff, means a lot!
@darknifu
2 жыл бұрын
I echo Seamus's sentiment. I watch and rewatch the videos on this channel to wind down before sleep. The content, the narration, the music, I love everything about them and Im always excited for more!
@TheRealityWarper08
2 жыл бұрын
And I, like Darknifu, echo such sentimenisms aswell!
@chaledy8998
2 жыл бұрын
Hearing this story made me feel really uneasy, seeing my race become cold monster who know no pity really made me hope this is far from what we'll become someday. Some other people have made the connection of the Imperium from this story to the Imperium of Man from the Warhammer 40k universe, but I think this could relate more to the Necron's story from the same universe. They were pitiful creatures who made contact with the Old Ones, a super advanced galactic race that had incredibly long lifespans, while the Necrontyr were frail and sick. So they grew envious of them and declared them war but they were heavily outmatched and almost eradicated, until they met the cosmic deities the C'tan and made an alliance. From that point onward Necrontyrs were no more, replaced by the Necrons, cold immortal automaton without emotions that obliterated the Old Ones and the other races who opposed them. Maybe the sadness I felt watching this video was the same the Silent King felt after seeing his people made into mindless killing machines, the same grief that eventually lead him to rebel against the C'tan and shattered them all. After this video I think I can relate more to him. I suggest you go read more about the wh40k universe, it has a lot of good stuff in it
@MrSkydiver604
Жыл бұрын
ppffft .... we are already there, people fighting for toilet paper during the pandemic and tv's during Black Friday Specials. As it is we start wars and fight and kill each other off because we can't agree on what happens to us after we die and we fail to see the fucking irony in that. We still hate and kill because of skin colour, because other people are different but more importantly ,,,,,because we can.
@longwlenguyen4214
Жыл бұрын
Or the Xeelee Sequence where Mankind went a traumatized by two alien occupation that turned humanity into an insane Grimdark Khmer Rouge/Ingsoc in space that committed such a xenocide in a galactic bloodbath across others supercluster that the entire 40k universe seem pale by comparison and ironically the book were written by a Engineer so it Hard Sci Fi.
@Imbrojeff2361
Жыл бұрын
Humanity in this story feels more like Tyranids from 40k than Necrons.
@chaledy8998
Жыл бұрын
@@Imbrojeff2361 I have to disagree, the tyranids are a force of nature with no concept of civilization and have always been like that, while the necrons are a faceless race that is a product of a cursed existence and some really unfortunate choices
@sneedfeedandseed2410
Жыл бұрын
they aren't that different from the humans of 40K, its just that the humans had the emperor to mess them up instead of an AI.
@rga1605
2 жыл бұрын
This is really amazing, the author took use of basically everything speculative biology has to offer and turned into a graphic novel. I'll see if I can get to read it (though Getter Robo Saga also made a similar story, I mention because I was on a Getter binge recently, although its focus is giant robots and still plays safe with most alien designs, I think it's pretty good and relevant to this video).
@ChaseDaOrk3767
2 жыл бұрын
I never heard of Getter Robo saga before
@rafifthesecond9023
2 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if the emperium has it's own version of Getter Emperor lmao.
@weregarurumon3202
2 жыл бұрын
when you think about it the original purpose of the Getter machines is space exploration
@rga1605
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChaseDaOrk3767 I recommend trying, it's a great blend of crazy anime, sci-fi and approaches interesting questions
@ChaseDaOrk3767
2 жыл бұрын
@@rga1605 Ok, I'll give it a look
@ekszentrik
2 жыл бұрын
As often with superintelligence takeover stories, I ask myself "is there a logical reason to not eventually phase out biological platforms?". I have yet to read this, but I think I found an answer: the fragility of organic automatons is its feature. A superintelligence would fear rogue elements, so it would keep only its most vital, tightly controlled elements electronic/metallic. Everything else would be organic based (appropriating and in fiction terms "corrupting" current biology, rather than inventing something new for no real gain). This makes it easy to keep the drones planet-bound, less resourceful, and easier to destroy in case of rebellion.
@Demicleas
2 жыл бұрын
Probably beacuse it lacks the recorcesses capable to prevent the degergation of technology and mechanical issiues. Remember mechanical things will keep breaking down over time untill evenchualy it's not even worth trying to maintain and is just a recorces drain. Untill it finds a meteral to utalize that won't evenchualy break down and rust or break apart over time it will keep using biological.
@yanlopez674
2 жыл бұрын
@@Demicleas Godzilla had a stroke reading and fucking died.
@donnguyen3795
2 жыл бұрын
"help human win this war" Robotic would mean no more human but biological engineered human still somewhat "evolved human" in the A.I directive.
@Crazywaffle5150
2 жыл бұрын
Can't have sex if you're a hunk of metal.
@comradekenobi6908
2 жыл бұрын
@@Crazywaffle5150 From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal.
@auden5236
2 жыл бұрын
The gourd aliens are so cool, the anatomy and symbiotic relationship they have is super interesting
@toddkes5890
2 жыл бұрын
@Lucas De Araújo Marques The key concern will be delay between signal received and processed. If a Bug sees something and takes a few seconds to get back to the central organism, that could be too late for war. So the central organism might start breeding (or genetically engineering) smarter bugs to reduce the delay time. This assumes there is sufficient time to do so.
@ryanbowers5139
2 жыл бұрын
Same my favourite of his aliens I actually own a drawing of the drones by Callum
@GodlordBazi
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds a bit like the Dark Age of Technology from the Warhammer40k universe. During that age, humans have developed intelligent machines to do pretty much all the work for them. Exploration, administration, construction, war, all those things were handled by machines, while humans themselves were only responsible for diplomacy and supervising colonisation projects. Those machines were so powerful that in fact they pushed back almost every alien species they came across and allowed humanity to conquer more than two thirds of the Milkyway galaxy. Due to a catastrophic event the machines eventually rebelled and the humans barely won the war against them, which left their whole civilisation in ruins. After that, all those alien species who had previously encountered and suffered under mankind ran amok and killed or enslaved humans wherever they could find them without asking any questions. Eventually mankind got back on its feet again and now the duty to genocide every non-human species is an actual law in their Imperium of Man, and they're damn good at it to say the least.
@ranbojd1070
2 жыл бұрын
you should check out the Interim Coalition of Governance from Xeelee sequence they have some pretty similar events to what happens to humanity in 40k and it eventually leads them to exterminating all alien species whithin the milky way and being like ten times more xenophobic than the imperium
@insectslayer1374
2 жыл бұрын
And their lord commander blonde prince charming's girlfriend is a non human
@mechanomics2649
2 жыл бұрын
Everything sounds like WH40K to 40K fans. It's like they think nothing existed before or outside of it.
@ranbojd1070
2 жыл бұрын
@@mechanomics2649 true even when its clearly inspired from somewhere else or something entirely original they think Its just a rip off of 40k because Warhammer had a similar idea or just ripped off the concept
@GodlordBazi
2 жыл бұрын
@@mechanomics2649 I'm sorry mate, but I'm a Dune fan and only got in touch with 40k, because I heard stories about how much of a ripoff it was back in the day. (; But that does not change the fact that after almost 80 years of scify, it has become increasingly difficult to invent new scenarios that hadn't already been thought of and told by someone else in the past.
@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic
4 ай бұрын
This story is named Humanity Lost, but this is exactly how the most powerful parts of humanity (eg the US, Russia, European Union, China, and even the regional powers like Saudia Arabia and Brazil, and honestly even more societies, though there exists a lotta diversity of crimes and many, many differences between and even within these societies) already act towards weaker societies - brutally colonizing them, taking as much from them as possible, and in the most extreme just wiping them out. Honestly, this is a cruel path that humanity 100% could take (I do think humanity will not, however - we can still stop a future like this, and build a heroic future instead by ending the systems already doing this right now).
@chadgorosaurus4898
2 жыл бұрын
The fact real people don't make those dumb light bulb looking headed shrek men but make animalistic very beautiful creatures that are smart and not always trying to destroy what humans call "earth" is just amazing
@Servant-Of-Al-Qudus
2 жыл бұрын
Surah Al Iklas
@TheRealityWarper08
2 жыл бұрын
@@Servant-Of-Al-Qudus Gozontite!
@Servant-Of-Al-Qudus
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealityWarper08 112. Surah Al-Ikhlaas In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Most Merciful 1. Say (O Muhammad) : "He is Allah, (the) One. 2. "Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). 3. "He begets not, nor was He begotten; 4. "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."
@Idk-do1ui
2 жыл бұрын
This was very hard to understand
@balintkis490
2 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@CompletelyNormalHuman
2 жыл бұрын
So basically All Tomorrows, but we are the Qu
@electricitysgaming5383
5 ай бұрын
Yup
@sejalnagpuria9111
5 ай бұрын
omg yes
@PintOfJinnes
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of (if not the most) interesting alien world buildings I've seen. The designs of the aliens are incredibly interesting, especially the Gord (I love these things) are unlike anything I've seen in Sci-Fi. Pheneomenal work by Stephan, and of course fantastic video by CA as always
@novalovan
2 жыл бұрын
seems to be inspired by The Emperor Sea Strider from Darwin IV Expedition
@yourladbrennen3130
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's cool to see! most aliens in sci-fi are just purple humans so It's nice to see this kinda creativity in an actual story
@smithpalacios7426
2 жыл бұрын
Human are was always a hero because it’s our species and you must agree with us every time otherwise you are nothing more than heretic.
@yourladbrennen3130
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithpalacios7426 I disagree. Humans are allowed to look at each other and say: hey, that's pretty messed up, wow we're awful. Example: The atrocities committed in the World Wars. The fact that we have Human villains Humans are not obligated to call themselves heroes, so stop with this quasi-philosophical bs also heresy against humans that's not a thing what
@anon9579
2 жыл бұрын
I hope it is made into a physical book
@hris3540
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly i think this is the scariest part of us venturing into space.Not aliens attacking us, but us being the invaders that we feared the entire time.
@dietrevich
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't that already happen 400 years ago? You already are the invader.
@fiferplayeralt7118
2 жыл бұрын
@@dietrevich im sorry 400? i want the context pl0x
@dietrevich
2 жыл бұрын
@@fiferplayeralt7118 white folks coming to the Americas.
@peanutgallery4
2 жыл бұрын
Then just don't do it
@theemperorofman1186
2 жыл бұрын
@@fiferplayeralt7118 He's talking about Europeans during the age of sailing
@wallaroo6510
7 ай бұрын
A glimmer of hope for a “Humanity restored”
@TheCriticalCarcharodon
2 жыл бұрын
If I had a penny for every time a multi-species alien alliance which had a name starting with a c waged war on humanity I'd have three pennies, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened that many times.
This project sounds like the antithesis to "All Tomorrows" by C.M. Kösemen in which humanity is the ultimate victim. Someone should set up a spectrum of scifi books or works that explore extraterrestrial beings in relation to humankind. For instance, begin with "All Tomorrows" and end with "Humanity Lost". What could be extra interesting is an eventual book or work made that encompasses the entire spectrum. In turn, it might produce a more complete picture of humanity's experience if we actually encountered aliens. I think at the very least it would be entertaining to read.
@zombiesalmon4997
2 жыл бұрын
Holy hell i love the “humans are the villains” stories. Brilliant as always 💙
@Poliostasis
2 жыл бұрын
Especially if done right like this story does
@TimothyMark7
2 жыл бұрын
and the hero of the human race is the very last of his kind, kinda
@Poliostasis
2 жыл бұрын
@@TimothyMark7 oh yeah he was the only one who didn't fuse with the AI. The antagonist is human and the protagonist is human. This shit would make for a fire ass movie or series I swear with all the lore it would become great.
@allendepacheco3419
2 жыл бұрын
@@Poliostasis But aren't the humans extinct? Like the AI turned us into husks and used us to expand their empire. Similar to the Reapers in Mass Effect or the Flood in Halo where life merger with a collective mind. There's no real evil human force outside of first contact. Just an evil AI that happens to be made by humans, but the AI is it's own thing. Really I do love the concept, but it doesn't feel like that humans are exclusively the threat to the universe.
@Poliostasis
2 жыл бұрын
@@allendepacheco3419 AI Humans, sorry (I'm pretty sure they merged and became their own thing)
@WelfareChrist
2 жыл бұрын
this was such an amazing channel to just stumble across. Love the speculative biology content.
@pathseeker8921
2 жыл бұрын
This is pure genius, these alien nations are so developped that they actually feel like aliens from a world with billions of years of a different natural selection process... Instead of just blue or green humans with big eyes
@oldmanbiscuit7518
2 жыл бұрын
In brilliant you mean the author read Dune then played mass effect. Decided to switch the Prothean with humans and de-anthromophized the other races.
@originalprecursor
Жыл бұрын
@@oldmanbiscuit7518 lol dude. his original concept art is way before mass effect came out.
@Lumberjack_king
Жыл бұрын
@@oldmanbiscuit7518 nothing is truly original get over it
@robertjethrogallano1053
2 жыл бұрын
4:44 ""with this empire now known as the I M P E R I U M..." I can almost hear the Emperor of Man grining
@TheRealYuckl3s_9000
2 жыл бұрын
1:53 amogus planet
@craz2580
2 жыл бұрын
I want a movie based on this
@Game_Hero
2 жыл бұрын
Denis Villeneuve, I have your next movie right here!
@Gauntlet1212
2 жыл бұрын
I'd be very interested into learning more about the state humanity is in and how the symbiosis with the AI works exactly.
@resonanceofambition
2 жыл бұрын
Watch the newest season of Westworld. It shows an interesting take on how we might be ruled by machines. You've probably seen the matrix- Having to choose between being ruled by machines who were made in our image and degraded into the same emotional demons or unfeeling machines forcing a symbiotic relationship unto us... I'd choose the latter. It's merciful and borders on a progressive attitude unlike how it went down in Westworld.
@JujuInFlames
2 жыл бұрын
“They’re called the imperium” 40k fans: oh god here we go again
@Jodipo
2 жыл бұрын
Despite loving speculative biology, I've never heard of this. Thanks!!!
@joshuafernandes6684
2 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if you cover the setting of the RPG Numenera. There is a lot of cosmic horror, high tech sci-fi and other things that fits so well with your channel!
@tenbre5748
2 жыл бұрын
100% that would be awesome! Would love to see more people talking about non-DnD rpgs as well.
@joshuafernandes6684
2 жыл бұрын
@@tenbre5748, Indeed! DnD is good but is very overrrated...
@Maravone
2 жыл бұрын
Numenera and Tékumel would be really cool settings for this channel to cover. Tékumel in particular has some funky alien species that are particularly original because they were imagined all the way back in the late 70s/early 80s
@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
Жыл бұрын
5:49 the pekt are definitely my favorite, been hoping for something about aliens or just a species that thrives on geothermal vents
@milotura6828
2 жыл бұрын
I wish there were more stories like this. I feel like if anything humans will be more hostile and to be honest I enjoy that thought, at least we aren't the weaklings for once.
@smithpalacios7426
2 жыл бұрын
Humanity must come first. If other planets have intelligent life similar to ours than it must be exterminated for the survival of the species. Any other intelligent life Is an external threat to humans.
@smithpalacios7426
2 жыл бұрын
“Humanity first” and nothing more.
@JohnSmith-fd5un
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithpalacios7426 How about disbanding barbaric techniques and go on way of understanding? Unless other species is more barbaric, then that is an exception.
@thescooshinator
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithpalacios7426 But if an alien is evil, couldn't we just hide? deep under the surface of planets, our civilisation powered by geothermal power. If we fight, we might lose, but if we hide, we won't.
@badabing3391
2 жыл бұрын
@@thescooshinator hiding wont work unless you aim to be able to defend yourself once you are inevitably caught though
@radudancoroian5169
2 жыл бұрын
4:57 The SUS
@simoncangguajila7743
2 жыл бұрын
*"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands."* -Havelock Ellis
@lochlanndunn843
2 жыл бұрын
The Imperium? A powerful being that tricks a whole species to become drones? Hmmm some 40k undertones this is very interesting. I like this.
@JoshuaAndres
11 ай бұрын
Despite how bleak it is, can we just appreciate how DOPE the art is?
@BusterBuizel
2 жыл бұрын
Lost chance right here to name it “No Tomorrows” lol
@C.S.Diggle
2 жыл бұрын
Heh heh DAMN IT
@justas423
2 жыл бұрын
TL;DW: Humans created AM and AM turns humanity into The Borg.
@Mynameischef
2 жыл бұрын
Just wait till they create PM
@Harldin
2 жыл бұрын
I saw a movie years ago where an Alien (very human looking one) finds herself stranded on current day Earth and when she finds out where she is, starts to totally panic due to how barbaric, warlike and bloodthirsty humans perceived to be by Galactic society.
@imperialofficer6185
Жыл бұрын
This is such a platitude honestly. "OoHh LoOk At mEeE i'M a wRiTeR wAtCh mE uNcOvEr tHe FaCt tHaT pEoPlE aRe fLaWeD (PrOfOuNd (TrY nOt To CuM (99% fAiL)))"
@Harldin
Жыл бұрын
@@imperialofficer6185 WTF
@imperialofficer6185
Жыл бұрын
@@Harldin 😎
@Rebrn-bk5em
Жыл бұрын
cant blame humans for being violent as we are a product of nature and nature is brutal. survival demands eat or be eaten with no compromise
@201hastings
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah I remember that one. It was pretty mediocre
@obiomajronyekwere4469
2 жыл бұрын
The irony of this story is brilliant. No war on earth has ever been fought without humanity being both evil and good. This story is amazing and i cant wait to read the book.
@smithpalacios7426
2 жыл бұрын
Bro this is nothing more than alien propaganda. Humanity must always come first. If you don’t agree with this, then you are nothing more than a traitor to your own kind.
@smithpalacios7426
2 жыл бұрын
“FOR HUMANITY” ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@obiomajronyekwere4469
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithpalacios7426 though i do like ur united humans message is very good.
@slimetank394
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithpalacios7426 except human ain't win in this story either, smart guy. We became mindless drones, bio-machines for an advance AI to enslave, use as tool for wars, nothing more
@robrice7246
2 жыл бұрын
I want to say that this project also parallels human history a bit.
@rohankishibe6433
2 жыл бұрын
The tandrax having *air brakes* in the vacuum of space is a hilarious mistake on the writer's part in my opinion.
@iansahleen1173
2 жыл бұрын
This level of Xeno purging might be enough to make even the Master of Mankind reconsider his stance on A.I. Truly glorious brother!
@sonorasgirl
2 жыл бұрын
Yay! More spec-bio! Also this is FASCINATING and I love that someone really pushed the boundaries for sentient design. A couple others really have too, but this feels further and deeper than most
@NicholasKratzer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just read the first two chapters of the graphic novel, and it's my favorite kind of sci-fi! I'm going to love watching Humanity Lost develop
@elli_senfsaat
2 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of "Exponentialdrift", a scifi novel by german author Andreas Eschbach. Haven't read it yet, but what I know so far: It's roughly about humanity, if given the resources and time, will never stop growing and expanding, even so far as to colonize other planets, driving out the original inhabitants. At least for our own planet, this proves to be quite realistic.
@brandonlyon730
2 жыл бұрын
Funny enough, in some parts of the world are actually decreasing in populations. Especially in many parts of europe and asia, even china in recent years had adjusted there one child policy to a 3 child one when there birth-rates have dramatically declined and the gender gap got worse and worse.
@jamesmena2241
2 жыл бұрын
@@rohacha9iin40 "you can't fight human nature" but we best find ways to control it! Our collective lack of self control is causing the whole system to cave in. I remember Cornellius saying to Charlton Heston(Planet of the Apes) "don't look up there you won't like what you find" I often wonder what our future generations will say about us, if we manage to keep this ship floating long enough that is.
@TheSUN_official
2 жыл бұрын
There's something so disturbing yet comforting about this alternate universe's humanity's future about becoming the terrifying threat the galaxy is extremely terrified of. On one hand, I'm disgusted that humanity is killing and sacrificing alien life for their wants and needs. But on the other hand, I'm glad that this universe's humanity isn't on the receiving end of alien genocide and domination.
@phoenix9531
2 жыл бұрын
Its a profoundly immoral thought isn't it. The fear of our own suffering should extend to hating the idea of causing it to others.
@drkinferno72
2 жыл бұрын
Do it first
@AngelSonevski
Жыл бұрын
It's not humanity in this story though, humanity died out basically, what's left is just biomass and mindless slaves to the extremely malicious AI that makes planets into hellscapes, it's more the Matrix than James Cameron's avatar
@Not-Batman
Жыл бұрын
It's not humanity though, it's that dumb AI plot device. Ruins the whole thing.
@randommob7680
Жыл бұрын
I hope that anime,manga and novel still exist in the future and also human not ending up into some horrifying creature that only focuses on efficiency and not balancing it with charm
@Padenk011
Жыл бұрын
Being a 40K fan hearing the imperiam spreading across the galaxy brings me joy
@Pepitobenito
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so intrigued by this concept. It has multiple extremely similar (albeit far more fleshed out) ideas to a short story I've been working on, so it came as almost a shock to discover this video. Absolutely love the creative and scientific approach taken with the design of the aliens.
@Runmindor
Жыл бұрын
Holy crap this story is incredible. Hoping one day we see a proper game and or movie adaptation.
@loafofbread9400
Жыл бұрын
Read the book
@shrek6723
2 жыл бұрын
'Oh, great wise AI, how will we ever defeat these vile aliens?' The AI, who just go through reading the Tyranid source material:
@arialblade1224
2 жыл бұрын
Ngl, this is a interesting plot line. It plays with the theme of “Became what you feared most.” and it’s unsettling yet in a good way. Then comes along one “pure” person to set free what corrupted them all. Gives me Star Wars/War of the Worlds vibes.
@skeepodoop5197
2 жыл бұрын
British people seeing a story about humanity conquering the Galaxy; "Hey I've seen this one!" Person 2; "What are you talking about it's brand new?"
@paulclaydon6539
2 жыл бұрын
I oghta tell that commissar ‘bout you
@takebacktheholyland9306
2 жыл бұрын
Considering 40k is a popular thing on england, sounds about right
@verlatenn
Жыл бұрын
all tomorrows but the humans are the bad guys
@petruska111
2 жыл бұрын
Nice concept that we are Infact the "Bad guys"
@throstlewanion
2 жыл бұрын
Man, the Imperium kinda gives me Phyrexia vibes. Love me some techno-biological transhumanism
@schrodingerscatinthehat
Жыл бұрын
i just happened to watch these two videos one after another, but the concept of the Chantauri from Callum Diggle’s Humanity Lost are eerily similar to the Alex Ries’ Birrin! i first realized this from the similar designs of the species, then i was hooked on the idea when i heard that both home worlds suffer from extreme climate temperature. i wonder if that was a creative coincidence.
@kfcroc18
2 жыл бұрын
Why do so many low gravity planets also have dense atmospheres? Yes, it can happen. Venus is just that, but why so many?
@heraadrian7764
2 жыл бұрын
Venus has a very dense atmosphere because of to much orbital proximity to the sun that causes to much vulcanic activity from gravitic tidal waves caused by the mass of the sun.The same situation happens on the Saturnine moons.Venus and Earth are close to the same diametric size ,mass density and surface gravity.Only smaller Mars-size or 70 percent Earth diamenters with lower mass density could be called low gravity planets.You need a minimum mass to keep the planetary core molten to have the protection of the magnetosphere to indefinit times. Mars is to small and not close to any tidal stimulant to have a magnetosphere to stop solar flares from blasting away the atmosphere. The situation of lower gravity planets holding atmosphere is more rare then our own planet Earth.
@girlgarde
2 жыл бұрын
I've got some questions about this story...... How does Humanity using an advanced A.I computer lead them to become a race of mindless drones? Why did the Earth government opt to occupy a planet with sentient lifeforms on it? How did the Human populace feel about it? Also, why didn't the aliens use diplomacy on the Humans first or at least simply force them off the alien planet they were taking over and warn them not to invade any more planets with sentient lifeforms on them?
@rolypoly4920
2 жыл бұрын
I am a little confused about parts of the story too. It sounds like we colonized a planet with a primitive species on it, and then literally just about everyone else in the galaxy, who somehow already knew of our existence, dogged piled onto humanity so bad that the only way to survive was to merge with an AI to fight them off. I feel like there is something missing in the story.
@lightbearer313
2 жыл бұрын
@@rolypoly4920 Yeah, unless the summarization left out some details, it sounds like the Conglomerate went straight to a violent solution, which if true was a bad mistake on their behalf.
@remo27
2 жыл бұрын
@@lightbearer313 : Good points. Unless we were literally genetically experimenting on the species we encountered (Think the QU in All Tomorrows) or even trying to downright wipe them out, I don't understand why the Conglomeration would take such a hardline stance either.
@DaDaDo661
2 жыл бұрын
yep it's a clumsy book
@imaginehavingpfp5779
2 жыл бұрын
1st queston: The AI guessed that the best way to ensure that humanity survives and wins the war was making them mindless killing machines, which were technically human 2nd question: Humanity has shown multiple times on its history that they like to colonize, enslave, and exploit anything that we can put to work, so of they wanted resources it'd make sense 3rd question: Honestly no idea, maybe they determined that we should be eliminated, as they may have different diplomatic policies, i dunno
@Narko_Marko
2 жыл бұрын
the gord are so interesting, their sense organs being other species is such a good idea.
@ruairimartin4240
2 жыл бұрын
I get very strong prophet by Simon roy vibes with this
@s.f.fallax822
2 жыл бұрын
Aliens: Going to invade Earth Humans: *Reverse Uno card* The Qu would be pround...
@dibershai6009
2 жыл бұрын
Humanity: invades a planet. Aliens: Attempt to invade Earth to protect the aliens which humanity invades. Humanity: Reverse Uno card.
@takebacktheholyland9306
2 жыл бұрын
The _Imperium_ of man(A different imperium) would also be proud of this
@ralphllivrah9551
Жыл бұрын
I’ve always thought that humanity,could be engineered to be a warrior species. Maybe we were like dogs at one time and got left behind, by our master, on a hunting event. Or they rewarded their left over warriors by giving us a planet,but erasing our knowledge or them. We won the war for them,and this was our reward for it,or they couldn’t make themselves kill,but we were too dangerous to keep around,so we were taken far away and left on a planet that they made for us. They also said they would come back for us when the war for Armageddon ever happens.
@bestlobjagamer348
Жыл бұрын
how could our caveman ancestors do any help in galactical war
@duvanzavaleta5800
Жыл бұрын
@@bestlobjagamer348 With stick and stones bro
@bestlobjagamer348
Жыл бұрын
@@duvanzavaleta5800 and warrior mentality
@karenbonds264
2 жыл бұрын
"This new Human empire is called the Imperium." *Heresy Intensifies*
@takebacktheholyland9306
2 жыл бұрын
This makes it even better because those cursed Abominable intelligence did this
@lilow6356
2 жыл бұрын
I love how every video from CA brings something new to me. Keep you the great work guys
@mildlymarvelous
4 ай бұрын
I feel so bad for the Chantari and the other Alliance species. This is so scary because it’s realistic in a way. Humanity as the invaders.
@twilightprince4833
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos should have millions of views! You are seriously underrated. Amazing job with this new video, as always😍
@lukaz_evengard5562
2 жыл бұрын
do you die a hero or live long enough to become the villain
@leozeld_nb
2 жыл бұрын
The movie Extinction kinda plays into this theme where the alien invaders are actually humans.
@OPornogeros
2 жыл бұрын
Legit coolest looking alien designs 👌
@Maribro4
2 жыл бұрын
A channel about world building and lore. And well narrated and edited? I think I just found my new favorite channel
@albinocyclopse9952
2 жыл бұрын
I knew this story sounded familiar! I've been following his on Instagram for a while! Truly a brilliant piece of world building and art. I've always wanted aliens whose body plans were vastly different from humans and were more than just us but blue and bald.
@anttam117
2 жыл бұрын
That quote by Stephen Hawking rings true in so many ways. I’m still confident there’s intelligent life out there that in no way poses an existencial treat. I’m also confident that we won’t find any of it ever, though….
@silverhawkscape2677
2 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the people blasting Radio waves into space to contact them...
@Internetshadow0000
2 жыл бұрын
It is statistically more likely than unlikely there is other intelligent life. The mindboggling mystery would be if there are no others.
@Darca1n
2 жыл бұрын
@@Internetshadow0000 I agree, there's absolutely a good chance that there's other intelligent life in the universe. The question is though, are they even reachable in any sort of reasonable timespan? There's a pretty good reason a lot of sci-fi has methods of travel that bypass or exceed the speed of light in some way, because if not then a single 'short' journey to another solar system could take years upon years of constant travel, which is not exactly good for travel.
@takebacktheholyland9306
2 жыл бұрын
None in *our lifetime* that is
@OreadNYC
2 жыл бұрын
Considering how hostile and violent members of our species have so often been toward members of our *own* species who are in some way different even though we claim to be "civilized" and "intelligent"... ...is it actually a good idea for us to search for extraterrestrial intelligence and make contact with it (assuming, of course, that we would even be able to recognize it as an intelligent life form and would be able to understand its method of communication)????
@zendit570
Жыл бұрын
This just seems like the dark age of technology in warhammer 40k
@kasinokaiser1319
2 жыл бұрын
When humans become the Necrontyr
@takebacktheholyland9306
2 жыл бұрын
but still had a bit of Big E energy in them to call it the imperium
@Mortebianca
2 жыл бұрын
Man those Soeus....they look kinda sus. Looks like we have an imposter among us....
@bungalo50
2 жыл бұрын
This is like a crossover between the Matrix and Mass Effect I like it
@ryanbowers5139
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this I’ve been following Callum since late 2019 and I gotta say I’ve been obsessed with his universe from the get go, it would be awesome to see you cover the other sophonts dwelling in his universe
@Nero_Karel
2 жыл бұрын
The premise sounds pretty interesting, like "Star Wars" meets "I have no mouth, and I must scream"
@rasulseidagul
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you man - I love your work. Please keep sharing this awesome fantasies in your way. Your are the first I seriously consider to support after the Kurzgesagt. Hope this option will be opened to your channel soon.
@knight_lautrec_of_carim
2 жыл бұрын
interesting creature design. Although I would've preferred if the humans actually kept their visual design closer to what we know. Here they look just like another evil alien species in their insect-like ships and suits so it's easy to forget that they're supposed to be us.
@Not-Batman
Жыл бұрын
EXACTLY. This whole story has so much potential but that insect appearance and the AI completely taking us over and being the "real" reason why we're evil ruins the entire premise
@Kocudas
Жыл бұрын
@@Not-Batman (Spoilers below!) I think of it more as what's considered 'most efficient', it's less so that they have an insect-like body, so much as it's battle armor that's insectoid in shape. Later entries show two 'humans' who still have fairly human features to a degree (and much of their technology and certain body shapes for certain jobs still have the human form). From a viewpoint of efficiency that the AI would have, it makes sense to change human biology as much as possible, we're squishy meatbags that can die to the slightest inconveniences in the grand scope of space. If anything I think there's a sense of surreal haunting dread in just how alien humans became in the series, assumedly, everything that the humans use ARE also human, their ships are alive, and apparently still capable of curiosity and feeling. It's to the point that humans don't even recognise their ancestor as a fellow human. - In terms of the AI itself, I think it's still interesting, plays on human greed, where we effectively started a war we couldn't win, fell back on a superweapon we didn't quite understand, much like nuclear weaponry, it's history repeating itself in this fictional universe. Nobody realised just how dreadful it was until it was too late. Its control over information in itself could be seen as social commentary, and if seen in that light, potentially paints what should be effectively a manmade god as something that is human in itself. Hell, I'm almost certain that's what the author is hinting at with the only other AI character, who managed to gain self awareness in its time alone, able to feel dread and loneliness. I feel that the evil AI might be fuelled less so by its old orders now than simply fear, it's perverted its orders into turning humanity into these Lovecraftian horrors, to carry out its order, its sole purpose, the reason why it exists in the first place. It's so hellbent on destroying anything that can threaten its existence that it feels like it might just be scared of losing its purpose, and its ego along with it. A creation of man, despite even potentially being the closest to omnipotence and omniscience, potentially still being a 'child' of humanity seems poetic, if you ignore the sheer genocidal horror said 'child' has created. Of course I could totally be over-analyzing this hardcore. But, having recently done a paper on AI, it's honestly kinda interesting to think about and over-analyze like this and I kinda wish I knew about this earlier and coulda referenced this for my paper lmao :D
@Warsm1th12
2 жыл бұрын
This lore could spawn a legendary video game
@JanusHoW
2 жыл бұрын
This whole story reminds me of some of the later parts of the Getter Robo manga - the great AI of Humanity Lost is instead a sentient cosmic energy/force called Getter Rays that has chosen humanity, for whatever reason, to dominate the universe. The enemies of humanity are a conglomerate of alien races called the Andromeda Country. However, the major difference between humanity lost and Getter Robo is that humans did not lose their human shape.
@Felahliir
2 жыл бұрын
The Chantauri look way to close to the Birrin, i think there's some heavy inspiration involved.
@dakotadawn5789
2 жыл бұрын
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed
@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section
5 ай бұрын
What wacky and imaginative world building and creature design. Although I have my doubts that all the aliens have developed exclusively biomechanical technologies.
@MrTigracho
2 жыл бұрын
What if humanity where the invading,technologically advanced aliens? *Sees 4000 years of humanity* Yeah, is not going to be pretty.
@markuscriticus8278
2 жыл бұрын
It's really cool you've brought attention to this series!
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