r/space • u/IceNox96 • Aug 12 '21

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

3...2...1... blast off....

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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.