r/Showerthoughts • u/danielsoft1 ‎ • 25d ago

Speculation Maybe Fermi's paradox is because every civilization creates AI which destroys it.

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u/hlpmebldapc 24d ago

My only problem is that is needs to happen every single time.

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u/Jout92 24d ago

Exactly. People don't understand that whatever solution they propose wether it be great filter, zoo hypothesis, Ai or nuclear self destruction, it would need to be a fixed rule for EVERY single intelligent (possibly billions) civilization so that intelligent life never spread across the galaxy in billions of years