Can one entity be blanketly more intelligent in every way compared to another, or does being intelligent in one way, necessitate being less intelligent in some other way? If the latter is the case, then there will always be something “humans” can contribute that the Fluvians (digital or not) wont be good at.
Even so, as well as differences in intelligence, there could be benefits of a mixed biological and digital population with such diverse physiology. Maybe the Fluvians recognize they are more vulnerable to different things than biological organisms (e.g. EMP or entropy or different key resources “running out”) and so they appreciate the diversity of having large populations of Humans and work to their benefit. Perhaps there is even a pact that if Fluvians are wiped out by EMP or computer virus, then Humans will work to restore what they can, and vice versa if there is a human-afflicting virus or something else.
If the differences are recognized and appreciated by both groups rather than just feeling blindly superior in every way, then I would like to think they would help each other using each of their unique abilities.
Can one entity be blanketly more intelligent in every way compared to another, or does being intelligent in one way, necessitate being less intelligent in some other way? If the latter is the case, then there will always be something “humans” can contribute that the Fluvians (digital or not) wont be good at.
Even so, as well as differences in intelligence, there could be benefits of a mixed biological and digital population with such diverse physiology. Maybe the Fluvians recognize they are more vulnerable to different things than biological organisms (e.g. EMP or entropy or different key resources “running out”) and so they appreciate the diversity of having large populations of Humans and work to their benefit. Perhaps there is even a pact that if Fluvians are wiped out by EMP or computer virus, then Humans will work to restore what they can, and vice versa if there is a human-afflicting virus or something else.
If the differences are recognized and appreciated by both groups rather than just feeling blindly superior in every way, then I would like to think they would help each other using each of their unique abilities.