[ExI] Are Dyson swarms a good idea?

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> We can't second-guess a superintelligence, but I'd say that it was
> certainly a good idea to leave alone any systems (or at least any planets)
> with existing multicellular life, and only colonise barren systems.*


*I can't second-guess a Superintelligence either but I can see how it might
have another view. It might reason that although there is a possibility
that after billions of years the primitive microorganisms might evolve into
something able to turn the dumb matter that makes up the planet now into
smart matter, there is a certainty I can do it right now. So I should. *

*John K Clark*


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