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You could load a ship up with frozen embryos and have an automated system that raises the first generation. Though, honestly, humans are terrible galactic conq
by douglaswlance 5y ago
You could load a ship up with frozen embryos and have an automated system that raises the first generation.
Though, honestly, humans are terrible galactic conquerors. The artificial life that we create will be the ones taking over the galaxy.
- TOGoS 5y agoThat's the premise of one of my favorite sci-fi stories, The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C Clarke. The stuff about what-do-people-do-when-the-apocalypse-is-coming-but-kind-of-a-ways-off was cool too. (in case anyone scrolling by is looking for additions to their to-read list)
- weeblewobble 5y agoalso a major plot in Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds
- hungryforcodes 5y agoTo be fair, we'd need to have an actual galactic history as a race to know if that's true.
- Syzygies 5y ago> The artificial life that we create will be the ones taking over the galaxy. Exactly. A galactic version of "core wars". If we leave any trace at all it will be our machines. Future life will resemble 3D printers in search of raw materials, not GI tracts in search of food, spores that will survive billion year voyages with infinitesimal chances of success.