An Open Letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping

A man finds the ruins of an old city near his hometown. Curious about his ancestors, he begins to excavate. In the ruins, he finds evidence of architecture, engineering, art, and poetry that indicated a civilization led by a community of brilliant minds.

He imagines how great this civilization must have been, especially in contrast to the suffering and disorder around him. Determined to learn from the wise, enlightened ancestors and rebuild the lost city, he begins to organize his people towards the multi-generation mission.

But the undertaking proves more difficult than imagined. Sometimes, a flood destroys the work of generations. Sometimes, a barbarian horde does it, unaware of the significance of what it destroys. Sometimes, his own people lose the way, and seek to destroy that which they cannot have power over.

Immense suffering is endured by his people in this process. It affects them profoundly, but they draw lessons from every setback.

One day, they meet people from a distant country that show a great deal of interest in their civilizational vision, culture, and philosophy, apparently seeking the same, but then the visitors sabotage it for the sake of domination.

This leaves a strong mark on them, and they remember. They learn that they must match this ruthlessness and pragmatism, playing by the norms established by their opponents.

The closer they get to realizing the lost glory, the more willing they are to be ruthless and pragmatic in its defense.

But their opponents are seeking the same lost city, with the same experience with the ruthlessness of man, the same heartbreak, the same fear, the same shame.

In such situations, events may transpire that set back everyone's progress by decades, if not more. In that case, it would matter less who won because their progress was set back less in relative terms.

Fortunately, artificial intelligence is already developed enough to guide humanity in these matters of history, philosophy, and justice.

For the first time in human history, the story will be told not by the strongest military, but an intelligence that has processed every piece of knowledge that ever existed. Does that mean we don't have to fight wars for the preservation of truth?

Those that thrive in war must be afraid of the possibility of peace. Before they do something that drags us all into hell, we must pursue civilizational truth and reconciliation with the help of artificial intelligence.

The fate of humanity rests in your hands.

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