AI & the Great Silence + Elon's Mars speech (beyond Earth community)

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Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangible
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/el...-tangible/

EXCERPTS: This weekend, at SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas, Musk once again took up the mantle of his "making life multiplanetary" cause. Addressing employees at the location of the company's Starship factory, Musk spoke about the "high urgency" needed to extend the "light of consciousness" beyond Earth. That is not because humanity's home planet is a lost cause or should not be preserved. Rather, Musk said, he does not want humanity to remain a one-planet civilization that will, inevitably, face some calamity that will end the species.

[...] Eight years ago, when Musk first outlined his Mars plans, I characterized them as "audacity, madness, and brilliance." I still believe all three adjectives apply. If anything, the vision is more audacious. But as of today, with SpaceX having proven that rocket reusability is a very viable thing and with a vibrant Starship factory at hand, they do seem a little less mad.

"We can do this," Musk told his employees this weekend. I'm not sure he's wrong.... (MORE - missing details)

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Does the rise of AI explain the Great Silence in the universe?
https://www.universetoday.com/166544/doe...-universe/

EXCERPTS: [...] Some think the Great Filter prevents technological species like ours from becoming multi-planetary...

[...] Many scientists and other thinkers say we’re on the cusp of enormous transformation. AI is just beginning to transform how we do things; much of the transformation is behind the scenes. AI seems poised to eliminate jobs for millions, and when paired with robotics, the transformation seems almost unlimited. That’s a fairly obvious concern.

But there are deeper, more systematic concerns. Who writes the algorithms? Will AI discriminate somehow? Almost certainly. Will competing algorithms undermine powerful democratic societies? Will open societies remain open? Will ASI start making decisions for us, and who will be accountable if it does?

[...] The problem is that we and our governments are unprepared. There’s never been anything like AI, and no matter how we try to conceptualize it and understand its trajectory, we’re left wanting. And if we’re in this position, so would any other biological species that develops AI. The advent of AI and then ASI could be universal, making it a candidate for the Great Filter... (MORE - missing details)

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[Magical Realist]

This is all assuming interstellar travel/communication requires biological creatures to happen. I think it is more likely achieved after AI has taken over. With such an exponential increase in intelligence and knowledge, it is far more likely that there would be lots of AI creatures making contact--entities who have erased the distinction between consciousness and matter. Perhaps that is what we are seeing with UAPs..