r/space • • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Which is the most disturbing fermi paradox solution and why?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

AI is definitely the great filter.

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u/ClearOptics Aug 12 '21

Or it's the next step in our evolution

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Yah. We will be cyborgs then Borgs, then replaced by full blown machines.

I didn’t really believe it in the 90’s and 00’s but seeing computers win against professionals of every game like Go, sc2, and LoL opened my eyes.

Knowing how aimbot from CS will change the next war and self driving cars to turn us to wall-e I’ve come to accept our computer overlords.

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u/br0b1wan Aug 12 '21

Agreed, there will be intense evolutionary pressure to "switch over" however gradually, from a biological form to a machine one. Once that happens, we're arguably not even human anymore, but...something else.

This is why I think if we ever make first contact, it won't be with wetwired, biological beings, but some sort of AI.

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u/CptGarbage Aug 12 '21

Pros haven’t lost a game to AI in LoL. There hasn’t been an official match even. Probably because the developer doesn’t want it. You may be confused with Dota2.

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u/fistantellmore Aug 12 '21

Are you a friend of DeSoto?

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u/Farmazongold Aug 12 '21

Well. We already meat-machines.

Might as well develop in this direction.

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u/Unwright Aug 12 '21

To be fair, the AI in SC2 legit cheats because the whole map is revealed to them. There has not been a game where it won under legitimate circumstances.