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James_Miller comments on AI as a resolution to the Fermi Paradox. - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Raiden 02 March 2016 08:45PM

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Comment author: turchin 03 March 2016 09:37:28AM 1 point [-]

I am not sure that exactly this is FP solution. Personally I am more incline to Rare Earth solutions.

But I could suggest that may be the complexity of risks problem is so complex that no simple measures like banning most technologies will work. The weak point is that one von Neumann Probe is enough to colonise all visible universe. So there should be something which prevents civilizations from vNPs creation.

Comment author: James_Miller 03 March 2016 02:04:05PM 1 point [-]

While I hope that Rare Earth is right, it implies that we are special. It seems far more likely that we are common.

Comment author: turchin 03 March 2016 08:39:07PM 2 points [-]

Doomsday argument for Fermi paradox claims that more likely that Great filter is ahead. It was created by Katja Grace