A humanoid robot in a lab coat, building an even more impressive-looking robot (but less human-like), in a workshop with scattered high-tech stuff. On a whiteboard, advanced-looking designs and diagrams.

or

An evolution of different kinds of writing:

• chalk writing and glyphs on a wall
• elaborate pen writing (Shakespeare or something)
• A kind of brainstormingish diagram on a whiteboard, written with colored pens and doodly drawings
• a dense and complex diagram, that doesn't look produced by a human (QR codes instead of writing, very abstract

or

A high-tech futuristic city, but without anything human-related or human-understandable (cables and pipes and QR codes yes, windows and writing and posters no). On the ground, a few scattered human bones.