Superintelligent AI in space could explain the Fermi Paradox

Why haven't we detected evidence of advanced alien civilizations? According to a new paper reported by Live Science, superintelligent artificial intelligence might be the answer. Rather than exploring the cosmos themselves, advanced aliens could have outsourced cosmic exploration to superintelligent AI—a possibility that may reshape how scientists think about the Fermi Paradox, the puzzling absence of detectable alien activity despite the universe's vast size and age.

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