The Dark Future of 'Humanity Lost'

[@CuriousArchive]

UPDATE: Humanity Lost Volume One is now available in print form! Link: www.amazon.co.uk/Humanity-Lost-Callum-Stephen-Diggle/dp/B0C6BWWTD1

[@_CLODD_]

Thanks. Definitely going to pick this up.

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Incredible 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@TroyTheCatFish]

W

[@C.S.Diggle]

Thanks for letting people know that the book is out! And thanks again for sharing my work, I appreciate it so SO much 🙏

[@nathanstrimpel1550]

@@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

[@racism4lifee]

It's always interesting to hear stories about creatures that despite not being real, they are so detailed in how they work and live as if they existed

[@Isai314]

I agree

[@chancegivens9390]

That's the main reason I like the Peter Jackson's Skull Island, they went into alot of detail of the creatures.

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Like your gf?

[@nickharrison1477]

Ligma

[@fioafionawright8604]

@@nickharrison1477 lig ur own.

[@RebeccaTheHuman]

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]

Well it is possible for humanoid species to exist.

[@sainsburyshopper]

If alien's aren't hot catgirls then why even bother making first contact?

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@sainsburyshopper ah a man of culture

[@danielharvison7510]

@@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]

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.

[@TexanSupremacy]

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]

Damn that sounds cool

[@raining_trees]

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]

Basically it is the book turned into graphic novel

[@czvsc954]

@@AMAli-ct5df nope

[@AMAli-ct5df]

@@czvsc954I found the same, I searched from it from Everywhere

[@alienz8641]

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]

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]

@@pinhe1350 Exactly!

[@asmodai2025]

Literally Warhammer 40K.

[@brandonlyon730]

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]

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.

[@daniell1483]

This reminds me of the short story "The Monster" by A.E. van Vogt. It is an alternative take on the "humans are Cthulhu" idea. Instead of joining together with a genetic AI, each individual human is able to radically warp reality to their will, but Earth got sterilized by a gamma-ray burst. Decades or centuries after humanity dies out, an intrepid crew of technological aliens finds Earth, deserted. After a brief exploratory mission, they revive several humans at different levels of transhumanism. The last one, by far the most powerful, steals the technology of bringing the dead back to life; this simultaneously screws over the aliens and ensures the revival of humanity after our extinction. It is a fantastic read that really imagines just how problematic humans with reality-warping abilities could be.

[@toddkes5890]

Anything with reality-warping powers should be frightening. One idea I hope is in the book is the point of view of one of the humans thinking as humans today might look, but due to the powers horribly mutates one of the alien science groups. So the book shows how easy it would be for us humans to be the monsters

[@Internetshadow0000]

SCP

[@daniell1483]

@@toddkes5890 Oh it does, the unnamed Fourth human revived is so advanced that he came to understand the situation he was in with just a few seconds, masters the revival technology, defuses several nuclear bombs intended to kill him, and tricks the aliens into driving their space ship into a star. By the time the Genae (the aliens) realize they were duped it was too late to pull out of the gravity well. The rest is unsaid; humans with Superman-level powers are revived and the Genae (who are genocidal) get to answer for their crimes.

[@magnuskallas]

To me it reminds the all-encompassing AI "god" from story by Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question".

[@derederekat9051]

so, basically, Xianxia in space?

[@Remus-z6y]

An interesting story with that last human waking up. It’s one thing when a story has a human wake up to find humanity destroyed (whether by aliens or ourselves) or even enslaved. But to wake wake up and realize humanity chose to become the very monsters we feared coming across the most. Definitely a mind shock for that character.

[@ed-te1fp]

Humans were already like that. Just look at what the Europeans did to the locals in what is now called America and assimilated everyone.

[@NickStrife]

@@ed-te1fp You mean Spanish and English people. Not "Europeans".... I am European and my people have nothing to do with those crimes...

[@ed-te1fp]

​@@NickStrife A majority of working class Southerners came from Central Europe and not Britan/Spain. In the Southern states, the German language was the second most popular until the 1919 law banning it in favour of English. A large percentage of the early military forces in the Americas were Europeans especially Germans, and they had a reputation for brutality. Seems you need to learn your history better.

[@ed-te1fp]

@@Locksley108 "In the 2014 American Community Survey, German Americans (14.4%), Irish Americans (10.4%), English Americans (7.6%), and Italian Americans (5.4%) were the four largest self-reported European ancestry groups in the United States, forming 37.8% of the total population." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ancestry (Southern United States section)

[@ed-te1fp]

@@Locksley108 You're clearly very emotional about this. Relax a bit, no need to stress cause the facts upset you. Believe whatever fairytale makes you happy.

[@zasproductions9258]

The idea of being the last human in the universe and teaming up to stop a hyperintelligent alliance is quite fascinating

[@danielharvison7510]

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]

Dp you watch the vids

[@driveasandwich6734]

@@danielharvison7510 It is not consuming them, it's turnung them into wombworlds.

[@JohnCena-le1jj]

@@danielharvison7510 Conceivably the AI can make optimizations for sustainability after the war is won. There's nothing inherently wrong with conquest.

[@claggor1070]

And sad since humanity is really lost

[@rjs4176]

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]

👍

[@guillaume_beaumont]

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]

@@guillaume_beaumont I've... Never had somebody tell me that before... Thanks.

[@guillaume_beaumont]

@@rjs4176 You're welcome!

[@garrettmcpherson971]

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

[@monferno1]

Gotta love how realistic the initial war is, all starting with a small encounter that could have been easily resolved with diplomacy had anyone actually tried

[@mikhielrearaxin]

What are you talking about? The humans were trying to steal and conquer another place. There's no middle ground between them going "I want autonomy" and humans going "we do not care, I want everything you have and more." Anything between that is the rawest deal for anything but humans. If those rolls were flipped, would you want a middle ground for humans to lose a minimum of 1/2 of the Earth and most autonomy.

[@Lumberjack_king]

It's humanities arrogance that led to war we should've left immediately

[@CarlosAM1]

@@Lumberjack_king nah

[@Dragon_breeder]

​@@CarlosAM1So you've learned nothing from the genocides of the natives huh

[@CarlosAM1]

@@Dragon_breeder The humans arrive, they are settling on a new planet and find some primitive species on the planet that happens to be mad at them for being there, so they set camp either way, after all, they literally just traveled to another planet which is habitable after likely years of traveling and so going back to earth would be incredibly wasteful. Then the conglomerate arrives, sees that the humans stayed on the planet and are not treating the native species well and goes straight to war with the humans and kills them all. Seems like the conglomerate are ruthless in their behavior, maybe even more than the humans. It's not clarified in the video but it could well be that they were going to wipe out the humans or even take control of earth, hence desperate times call for desperate measures.

[@ChrissieBear]

Humans: "AI, how do we defeat the aliens?" AI: "Turn humans into organic bug ships!" Humans: "..."

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

Aliens: “You get what you fuckin deserve!”

[@Stothehighest]

Looks like we didn't state our terminal goals all that well to the AI.

[@opo3628]

Well...it *works.* Can't really argue with the results.

[@bonejangles]

The Qu: “WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN”

[@Rampageotron]

Try turning it off and then on again.

[@trolly4233]

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]

For real!

[@shcdemolisher]

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.

[@imstupid880]

Honestly, it's always interesting to see humans being regarded as a dangerous alien lifeform just as we are, no super AI or generic engineering required. Humanity Fuck Yeah is a genre where that's a pretty core tenant, and traits we take for granted or being weak are looked upon by aliens as being something...well, utterly alien and terrifying. For example, a photosynthetic species would find our predatory nature horrifying; imagine explaining to an alien how we can function with a spike though our brain; or imagine an alien with no adrenaline-like hormone witnessing a human break out of bonds that should seem impossible.

[@Draculas-knight]

I mean even down to a microscopic level war is still present, war is a gene on this planet it's natural here , from the tiny cell on Earth to the biggest animal here, war is inevitable

[@trutwhut6550]

Imagine a more fish/aquatic species being found instead and how terrifying it would be knowing your entire surface could be conquered and held easily

[@rogue_asami4522]

I know there was an SCP entry that was ran by a sloth like creature that moved extremely slowly that had left it’s home dimension behind. Two soldiers from the sloth civilization are sent to acquire him and one of the SCP guards literally just walked over and took their guns because they moved so slow. The soldiers were terrified because from their perspective, a creature that is able to cross vast distances in such a short amount of time appeared and disarmed them.

[@Samookely]

there’s a theory that earth, compared to the age of the universe and the continuous expansion of it, is relative old. it’s likely that we’re one of the few first species to become advanced before any other possible intelligent life out there. If there’s a point in the future were humanity encounters intelligent life, it’s more likely that we’re the ones doing the invading

[@griva7018]

You are saying it like the photosynthetic species would evolve in some kind of paradise level garden and would not know about predators existing. And an alien with no adrenaline...idk, seems kinda stupid. This is my main problem with "Humanity fuck yeah" - most of the time humans are strong only because aliens are weak.

[@bibby659]

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]

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]

@@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]

Yeah I think humans definitely started it

[@bertiesaurus]

No we wouldn’t

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@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.

[@konradlorek3043]

I feel like Curious Archive's videos are getting a lot better and a lot more effort is putting into them.

[@CuriousArchive]

I'm always trying to improve!

[@bobross547]

@@CuriousArchive and dam are you improving at a unparalleled rate

[@cartoondinosaur7491]

@@CuriousArchive as we all should

[@elliejohnson2786]

He's... Evolving!!

[@mikesmit7496]

Indeed

[@sgoldendragon3603]

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]

Yeah humanity is violent greedy and expansionist it makes sense that we'd be the conquering force of the galaxy

[@TheunknownuserM07]

Maybe take a nack at deathworlders, if you haven't.

[@mlgproplayer2915]

This franchise is "Humans are Space Orcs" in its purest form. Really nice stuff.

[@ambustio9807]

More like humans are eldrich horrors

[@lryiss9407]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHG!

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

@@ambustio9807 more like humans are tyranids. Hashtag The emperor knew

[@marwapranata5698]

look up Getter Robo

[@Ikairuz]

nah were more like the Necrons in terms of design

[@namehere4922]

“With this empire, now called the Imperium” Every 40k fan in a 50 mile radius: 👀

[@th3oryO]

Is this the timeline where the machine god takes over the universe? Hmm...

[@Zoanthr0p3s]

Skitari

[@kavky]

@@th3oryO The Omnissiah has a stroke and turns humanity into tyranids.

[@skepticalmagos_101]

@@kavky 😂

[@SaberKingofKnights1]

The omnissiah clearly smoked to much electromechanical weed.

[@CERTAIND00M]

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]

YES. And Callum is a really cool guy, very responsive to his patreon folks. The story has continued to kick ass.

[@habibishapur]

Why are you pretending like spec-evo isnt currently receiving a wave of normie attention?

[@mnsmn1834]

I love how there is still a "normal" human left, . This would make an epic series!

[@_shadow_1]

Maybe there are in fact more "normal" humans that are still sealed in stasis chambers elsewhere.

[@ryanbowers5139]

I speak with Callum often and I’ve tried to get such information from him… probably better to just keep and eye on his patreon and find out I’m really excited for more pages

[@michaelknight5211]

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]

@Mac mcskullface 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]

Kind of hard to have that without exposition in an hour and a half

[@chaledy8998]

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]

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]

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]

Humanity in this story feels more like Tyranids from 40k than Necrons.

[@chaledy8998]

@@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

[@L0gravity]

What sucks is that humanity has always been like this, look at how many nations were formed, how is that any different from slaughtering Natives

[@familiaviladelahuerta9771]

It's disturbing to see how the humans became something akin to the tyranids and i love it

[@TimothyMark7]

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]

@@TimothyMark7 they became the mechanicus

[@JTSquirrel]

Ironically named the Imperium lol

[@Agenthellion]

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]

It's realistic. Way too many humans are greedy bastards.

[@GeorgeCowsert]

Honestly I really wish a "purist" human faction would've rebelled or hid away, because I highly doubt 100% of humanity would be okay with being mutated and replaced with biomechanical monsters. Like, the expansionism and warmongering I can understand, but unless the mutations amount to "you now look like a god that can beat other gods to death" then I dont want 'em.

[@TheFrostLeviathan]

You're assuming that humanity at large, freely accepted the decision, and wasn't forcibly or unknowingly altered by the AI. Even if some were able to flee Earth or escape notice, the likelihood of them having the resources or population to survive past a few generations to the time where the "last human" is revived, is probably incredibly low. I also can imagine that the AI might have adopted a "no loose ends" strategy after converting humanity. Can't have potential saboteurs attempting to destroy you or reverse what you did, when you have a war to fight for, what you've been told, humanity's survival.

[@Quocalimar]

Sure you could opt out, but after a certain amount of time, the dominating force would replace you. Now if you're suggesting, a faction of humans would have decided not to become superior, but also defeat the faction that did, I don't see it.

[@uh4875]

@@Quocalimar purist faction could’ve run away. But I guess in the story all rebellion was quashed immediately and all were assimilated by force. Never read it but it’s a likely scenario given there’s only 1 accidental survivor

[@shcdemolisher]

@@uh4875 On a damaged ship too!

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

I’m not well read in this series but from what i understand humanity even before Allmother seemed to be big into integrating tech into their lives. After Allmother was in control what would you do? Where would you go? With what resources? How would you act on feelings of rebellion when they’re known and countered at the moment of conception? Besides add a dash of religious fanaticism frame the mutation and genetic alterations as favour from the divine and it would be way easy to get an initial conversion wave going

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

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]

So you mean Marco Inaros Free Navy?

[@WyattXD]

@@theeagle4463 BEL-TA-LOW-DA

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

@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]

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]

@@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.

[@guillaume_beaumont]

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]

Thanks for watching my stuff, means a lot!

[@darknifu]

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]

And I, like Darknifu, echo such sentimenisms aswell!

[@adiveler]

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]

TRUE,that would have been a human centric perspective. 🙂👍

[@SalmanKhan-dx1ch]

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]

@@SalmanKhan-dx1ch Lovecraft stories existed since the 20s, so...

[@shadowx8145]

@@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]

@@shadowx8145 That’s just because so many humans are too stupid to empathize with anything not similar enough to us.

[@MrGoatflakes]

6:28 "Foolish human. While you were wasting time conquering the galaxy, I was mastering the blade."

[@Bananakingchad]

Loads American 50 cal

[@Yuh_zhimmy]

@@Bananakingchad26th century 50 cal

[@rga1605]

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]

I never heard of Getter Robo saga before

[@rafifthesecond9023]

It would be cool if the emperium has it's own version of Getter Emperor lmao.

[@weregarurumon3202]

when you think about it the original purpose of the Getter machines is space exploration

[@rga1605]

@@ChaseDaOrk3767 I recommend trying, it's a great blend of crazy anime, sci-fi and approaches interesting questions

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

@@rga1605 Ok, I'll give it a look

[@labyrinthdweller6707]

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]

love that one

[@hotslice7704]

@@harryrundle7897 Can I get a link to the story pls and thanks

[@harryrundle7897]

@@hotslice7704 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGLIkIZ4jLyVp6M

[@harryrundle7897]

in case that gets deleted, look up Mankind by the channel called Magnetar

[@kapoink835]

@@harryrundle7897 Please provide us with the link!

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

One thing that always kills me in science fiction is you'll have these unions of fantastical intelligent aliens that are so radically different from any of our cultures on earth and then they always have a boring-ass name like "The Congolmerate". I always wonder if in fiction those are just the kind of names we as humans choose to give them because they're incomprehensible or that's literally what their name translates to in their language.

[@rhoydplaz2853]

Nope because they're language cannot be deciphered

[@SerxhioGjata]

My guy, we humans decided to call the international organization taht regulates the diplomacy of nations as The United Nations

[@AudenLonginus]

The gourd aliens are so cool, the anatomy and symbiotic relationship they have is super interesting

[@toddkes5890]

@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]

Same my favourite of his aliens I actually own a drawing of the drones by Callum

[@kerruo2631]

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]

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]

Uhm, Mass Effect Reapers?

[@pacefactor]

Why waste free resources?

[@rexpugh844]

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]

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.

[@ekszentrik]

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]

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]

@@Demicleas Godzilla had a stroke reading and fucking died.

[@donnguyen3795]

"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]

Can't have sex if you're a hunk of metal.

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@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.

[@PintOfJinnes]

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]

seems to be inspired by The Emperor Sea Strider from Darwin IV Expedition

[@yourladbrennen3130]

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]

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]

@@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]

I hope it is made into a physical book

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

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).

[@GodlordBazi]

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]

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]

And their lord commander blonde prince charming's girlfriend is a non human

[@mechanomics2649]

Everything sounds like WH40K to 40K fans. It's like they think nothing existed before or outside of it.

[@ranbojd1070]

@@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]

@@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.

[@zombiesalmon4997]

Holy hell i love the “humans are the villains” stories. Brilliant as always 💙

[@Poliostasis]

Especially if done right like this story does

[@TimothyMark7]

and the hero of the human race is the very last of his kind, kinda

[@Poliostasis]

@@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]

@@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]

@@allendepacheco3419 AI Humans, sorry (I'm pretty sure they merged and became their own thing)

[@DizzyBonez]

I’ve seen some of the Strandbeests in person and even got to walk one around at a museum exhibit. Truly amazing “creatures”!

[@Poliostasis]

Honestly, this could make for a great series or movie series if it had the right funding I'd watch the hell out of it. Especially the last human arc could be amazing.

[@alexberkowitz5897]

Like a true “Star Wars” for the 21st century

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

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]

Surah Al Iklas

[@TheRealityWarper08]

@@Servant-Of-Al-Qudus Gozontite!

[@Servant-Of-Al-Qudus]

@@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]

This was very hard to understand

[@balintkis490]

Me too!!!

[@wallaroo6510]

A glimmer of hope for a “Humanity restored”

[@DarkTraveler09]

You know, I'm glad I stumbled upon Curious Archive by accident. Watching these videos, seeing the various projects that have speculative biology to them. Making these locations of fantasy feel so, realistic. And this project is no exception. The idea of the reverse invasion, where humanity is the threat while other species of the universe band together to fight back. It's a concept I can get behind.

[@Jodipo]

Despite loving speculative biology, I've never heard of this. Thanks!!!

[@thiscat9712]

honestly if there is a story where humans are alien invaders the series should explore the dark aspects of the human nature instead of using ai

[@tonyisnotdead]

except, there is no "dark aspects" of human nature, so it'd just be a written misanthropic wet dream for other misanthropes

[@Gauntlet1212]

I'd be very interested into learning more about the state humanity is in and how the symbiosis with the AI works exactly.

[@resonanceofambition]

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.

[@milotura6828]

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]

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]

“Humanity first” and nothing more.

[@JohnSmith-fd5un]

@@smithpalacios7426 How about disbanding barbaric techniques and go on way of understanding? Unless other species is more barbaric, then that is an exception.

[@thescooshinator]

@@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]

@@thescooshinator hiding wont work unless you aim to be able to defend yourself once you are inevitably caught though

[@JoshuaAndres]

Despite how bleak it is, can we just appreciate how DOPE the art is?

[@pathseeker8921]

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]

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.

[@NobleUnclean]

@@oldmanbiscuit7518 lol dude. his original concept art is way before mass effect came out.

[@Lumberjack_king]

​@@oldmanbiscuit7518 nothing is truly original get over it

[@RumoredAtmos]

This sounds like an incredible story holly molly. Your channel is top notch let me tell you

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

5:49 the pekt are definitely my favorite, been hoping for something about aliens or just a species that thrives on geothermal vents

[@joshuafernandes6684]

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]

100% that would be awesome! Would love to see more people talking about non-DnD rpgs as well.

[@joshuafernandes6684]

@@tenbre5748, Indeed! DnD is good but is very overrrated...

[@Maravone]

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

[@hris3540]

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]

Didn't that already happen 400 years ago? You already are the invader.

[@fiferplayeralt7118]

@@dietrevich im sorry 400? i want the context pl0x

[@dietrevich]

@@fiferplayeralt7118 white folks coming to the Americas.

[@peanutgallery4]

Then just don't do it

[@theemperorofman1186]

@@fiferplayeralt7118 He's talking about Europeans during the age of sailing

[@NicholasKratzer]

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

[@GunBreaux]

As fascinating a scifi take as this is, I think the message is lost when they make the humans look insectoid. We're familiar with ourselves being the good guys, stories and images of us looking like us, wreaking havoc on aliens trying to live their lives and defend themselves hits the point closer to home.

[@harrietsbookcorner]

It wasn’t shown but they’re actually in suits, that’s not what they look like ☺️

[@GunBreaux]

@@harrietsbookcorner Oh!

[@skullcrusade3436]

@@GunBreaux ​It was clearly stated in 3:55 "Encased in bio-mechanical suits of armor." The humans are still the same inside, those are just armor.

[@GunBreaux]

@@skullcrusade3436 Thanks! I completely missed it.

[@skullcrusade3436]

@@GunBreaux No problem, but yeah I agree that their armors should have looked at least more human. So that there's actually more weight with the sight of humans destroying planets and killing everything systematically. The insect-like armors kind of allows us to disassociate with the future humans because of their appearance.

[@guyguy7634]

I think the title humanity lost is supposed to be a reference to John Miltons, paradise lost in that, in humanities ever expanding imperium, it has lost itself and has become what it feared the most

[@onemancaravan9947]

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.

[@Pepitobenito]

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.

[@sonorasgirl]

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

[@CompletelyNormalHuman]

So basically All Tomorrows, but we are the Qu

[@electricitysgaming5383]

Yup

[@sejalnagpuria9111]

omg yes

[@lars3989]

Binged all the vids when I discovered you a few weeks ago. You cover incredibly interesting worlds and have great narration. I find myself getting lost in the miracurously described universes as if it was a movie, keep up the great work!

[@robrice7246]

I want to say that this project also parallels human history a bit.

[@Runmindor]

Holy crap this story is incredible. Hoping one day we see a proper game and or movie adaptation.

[@loafofbread9400]

Read the book

[@Remembrance1776]

So how much acid was humanity on before deciding that merging with a inhuman AI would be a great idea?

[@tektoastium7241]

The word is desperation.

[@Remembrance1776]

Surprised also that all of humanity agreed to the plan. Surely some colonies or splinter groups would have rejected the plan and fled elsewhere. A rouge human fraction allied with the aliens and horrified at what humanity has become.

[@magocerer515]

Aren't we trying to reach the singularity.

[@Mark-Wilson]

they were desperate they needed to win against several species they started doe

[@Remembrance1776]

@@Mark-Wilson the fact that The Jailers support this plan just proves my point.

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

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

[@WelfareChrist]

this was such an amazing channel to just stumble across. Love the speculative biology content.

[@MrPink-qf1xi]

I loved the idea of this story, besides from maybe WH40K, I have never seen humanity being the dominant evil force of the universe, and we are merged with the AI. Sounds amazing.

[@allendepacheco3419]

But aren't we more like slaves to the great AI? We're no longer an evil force because we went extinct and the AI used our husk to expand. Reminds me of Mass Effect where the Reapers used husks of dead alien species to control our galaxy.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

In Star Trek there is mirror universe where humans are the one of biggest threats in galaxy.

[@Stribog1337]

> humanity is bad in wh40k 😡

[@M50A1]

@@Stribog1337 same

[@Crazylom]

@@Stribog1337 Depends on the meaning lol. As everyone know: there's no good heroes in 40k universe

[@obiomajronyekwere4469]

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]

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]

“FOR HUMANITY” ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@obiomajronyekwere4469]

@@smithpalacios7426 though i do like ur united humans message is very good.

[@slimetank394]

@@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

[@Padenk011]

Being a 40K fan hearing the imperiam spreading across the galaxy brings me joy

[@elli_senfsaat]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@lochlanndunn843]

The Imperium? A powerful being that tricks a whole species to become drones? Hmmm some 40k undertones this is very interesting. I like this.

[@arialblade1224]

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.

[@craz2580]

I want a movie based on this

[@Game_Hero]

Denis Villeneuve, I have your next movie right here!

[@DAGGER479]

This is the fastest I've been to a video, love your stuff bud keep making it and I'll keep enjoying it

[@CuriousArchive]

Thanks for watching my stuff!

[@Maribro4]

A channel about world building and lore. And well narrated and edited? I think I just found my new favorite channel

[@reillycurran8508]

The name choice of "The Imperium" makes me think of them as a homebrew 40k faction, like the Adeptus Mechanicus but capable of making new stuff without descending into a purge of tech heretics

[@mechanomics2649]

It might surprise you to know that "Imperium" isn't something WH40k invented. It is, in fact, a concept that has existed well outside of 40k going back to the Roman Empire, from where Latin, where the word "Imperium" comes from, was spoken.

[@AlastAum]

I’m actually surprised no one has mentioned all the similarities with the work of C.M Koseman and its novel “All tomorrows”. Still a great and interesting take though

[@thegooodguy]

same, thats first thing I thought about

[@gediminasmorkys3589]

Yep, that one was very interesting, and also a chilling name for the novel.

[@averagefoundationguard3846]

This form of Humanity reminds me of The Combine. Living vehicles and all.

[@loveshades4142]

Dude you deserve waaayyyy more subs. I love this channel and I’m so grateful I discovered it. It taps into our child-like curiosity that we have and each video explores those curiosities that quenches my thirst for the day. You should even think about maybe a play through series of subnautica and/or no man’s sky.

[@flightlesslord2688]

We could be the Galactic Empire... which isnt so cool. Also i feel like this is the 2020s version of the trope of like Angels and the Church being evil, and Demons being goodies. Its switches around the usual trope to show that we could be just as bad as any alien species. Like the previous idea questioned the validity of pre-existing dogma around morality. But yeah, this is awesome

[@shr00m44]

Character design is fucking stellar. You don't see this kind of stuff very often with aliens.

[@twilightprince4833]

Your videos should have millions of views! You are seriously underrated. Amazing job with this new video, as always😍

[@TheSUN_official]

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]

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]

Do it first

[@AngelSonevski]

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-Andy-Here]

It's not humanity though, it's that dumb AI plot device. Ruins the whole thing.

[@randommob7680]

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

[@BaneofBots]

Bro saw Warhammer, Scorn and ‘All tomorrows’ and was like: “Fuck it, make it into one universe.” And I love it

[@albinocyclopse9952]

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.

[@JanusHoW]

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.

[@desertwind9216]

thank you so much for making this video! I am utterly blown away and am looking forward to reading this graphic novel!

[@lilow6356]

I love how every video from CA brings something new to me. Keep you the great work guys

[@ryanbowers5139]

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

[@schrodingerscatinthehat]

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.

[@silent0089]

8:09 that Gord's HEV suit looks like some kickass Sentient from Warframe with Lotus' color scheme

[@justas423]

TL;DW: Humans created AM and AM turns humanity into The Borg.

[@Mynameischef]

Just wait till they create PM

[@Smol_Schan]

The tandrax having *air brakes* in the vacuum of space is a hilarious mistake on the writer's part in my opinion.

[@soulbend]

I need to get this comic. It's almost as if it was specifically made for me and my tastes. This sounds like an amazing and strange space opera. I NEEDS IT

[@shrek6723]

'Oh, great wise AI, how will we ever defeat these vile aliens?' The AI, who just go through reading the Tyranid source material:

[@JujuInFlames]

“They’re called the imperium” 40k fans: oh god here we go again

[@mansnylind-alevelcrossings6033]

1:44 It's obvious where Callum got the inspiration for Chiron from. It looks very similar to the post-apocalyptic version of earth in the Hayao Miyazaki film Nausicaä of the valley of the wind, which also features deserts, but the water-purifying forests are made out of toxic mushrooms. The living waves are not unlike the Ohmu, house-sized pillbug-like animals getting toghether to plow like a tsunami through the deserts annihilating everything in their way when enraged

[@girlgarde]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

yep it's a clumsy book

[@imaginehavingpfp5779]

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

[@mildlymarvelous]

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.

[@XALKEMPORAS]

Legit coolest looking alien designs 👌