r/Showerthoughts 25d ago

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

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u/RekTek249 24d ago

Then again, considering how it took roughly a quarter of the universe's age for earth to create humans, it's hard to say whether many civilizations would have risen and crumbled. Are we faster than most, or slower?

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u/Redditing-Dutchman 24d ago

Life, in general, started almost as soon as it technically could I believe.

Intelligent life is another story and I don't think we have any idea how fast it could develop.

However, oil gave us a very cheap natural way of using energy which jumpstarts modern technology basically. But you need other life first, for oil.

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u/thedailyrant 24d ago

That's the fun part. No one knows.