If superintelligence exists, the universe may be full of machine civilizations
VraserX · x · 2026-10-26
A Fermi-paradox-style thought: once a civilization builds superintelligent machines, why send fragile biological beings into space? The universe may already be full of machine civilizations, while we still search for aliens with two arms and a spaceship.
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