If the Fermi paradox is fake, does pDoom go up? AI Twitter's great filter debate
tszzl · x · 2026-09-12
tszzl, kellerjordan0, and maxencefrenette debate the great filter: kellerjordan0 clarifies his point that new evidence weakens the odds a great filter exists at all — bad news for pDoom optimists. tszzl notes that if we're alone in the observable universe, doom is worse even at slightly lower probability, while maxencefrenette argues a fake Fermi paradox removes one argument for high x-risk.
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