Editing Fermi paradox (section)

==== Artificial intelligence may not expand ====
{{See also|Existential risk from artificial general intelligence}}
While [[artificial intelligence]] supplanting its creators could only deepen the Fermi paradox, such as through enabling the colonizing of the galaxy through [[Self-replicating spacecraft|self-replicating probes]], it is also possible that after replacing its creators, artificial intelligence either doesn't expand or endure for a variety of reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Matt |date=2023-11-28 |title=Why Don't We See Robotic Civilizations Rapidly Expanding Across the Universe? |url=https://www.universetoday.com/164349/why-dont-we-see-robotic-civilizations-rapidly-expanding-across-the-universe/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Universe Today |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Michael Garrett (astronomer)|Michael A. Garrett]] has suggested that biological civilizations may universally underestimate the speed that AI systems progress, and not react to it in time, thus making it a possible great filter. He also argues that this could make the longevity of advanced technological civilizations less than 200 years, thus explaining the great silence observed by SETI.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Garrett |first=Michael A. |date=2024-06-01 |title=Is artificial intelligence the great filter that makes advanced technical civilisations rare in the universe? |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576524001772 |journal=Acta Astronautica |volume=219 |pages=731–735 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.03.052 |issn=0094-5765|arxiv=2405.00042 |bibcode=2024AcAau.219..731G }}</ref>