(02-17-2023, 02:35 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: Our biological limitations are what prevent us from traveling extremely long distances in space.  But a machine could do it.  Because a machine could shut itself down for a million years if that's what was required.  That's why, if we ever are visited by aliens, they will probably be machines.  And I think eventually machines will supercede humans, because they do not have all the biological weaknesses we have.

This gets into interesting territory for me. Philosophically and moving forward wise. One of my favorite theories is the idea that our species has already figured a lot of this stuff out. 

For example. The story of Atlantis, the pyramids we know of on our planet and some that are more than likely buried beneath sheets of ice and forests, etc. I don't think we give ancient humans, our ancestors and cultures enough credit. 

They were way more bold and way more advanced than we can possibly fathom IMHO. Regarding space travel. I agree. It makes sense that machines would be able to do this in the long run but the question comes down to "how?" and "why?".

Sending A.I machinery into space to do our bidding could come back to haunt us. Unless we figure out a way to finally bend space and time and literally teleport or go forward or backwards in time, which would be [BLEEP] cool IMHO. 

I just think our species has a pattern. That pattern tends to lead down the road of self destruction. Right when humanity or a culture sees some kind of crazy, crazy good technological breakthrough it seems like everything goes to [BLEEP] on our planet. Floods, ice ages, warming periods, solar flares, disease, war, etc. 

We tend to see this happen for whatever reason. I could see that happening to us. Is it coincidental, that, as things like covid happen, global warming, war escalating to the point of WWIII potentially, that, A.I and the desire to get the [BLEEP] out of here is at an all time critical high?

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