Could We Be Domesticated by Aliens? The Statistical Odds of How AI & Aliens Are Connected and What It Means for Your Future

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Are we alone in the universe—or already living alongside an ancient alien intelligence? In this mind-bending exploration, Professor Robin Hanson (George Mason University & Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute) breaks down the statistical odds that alien life exists and why it may have already been found in our own solar system. From AI-driven extraterrestrials silently observing us, to the chilling theory that humans are being domesticated by advanced alien civilizations, Hanson reveals where alien life is most likely to emerge, why UFO sightings might actually be real, and how our understanding of “quiet” vs. “loud” aliens could change everything we know about our future.

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0:00.0	The fact is there's something out there that is much more sophisticated than we can even comprehend.
0:08.0	And one of your only options is that they're watching us and waiting.
0:17.0	When we look at where we are in our developmental history, we've come a long way, we've advanced a lot.
0:23.6	And when we look into our near future, say the next million years, we think we've got enormous potential to become much bigger and more impactful and much more visible and obvious.
0:34.6	People have estimated you could colonize the whole galaxy in less
0:38.1	than a million years. And the universe is 14 billion years old. So something's weird because
0:43.3	if life were everywhere else and all those other places could easily have done what we did,
0:47.7	then... Why haven't they done it? So there's this question. Where is everybody?
0:53.0	For most things, there are explanations, but there does remain a
0:58.5	category of things for which there are no explanations we yet have. After a billion years of
1:04.3	expansion, these would be like huge volumes in space that would be just really obvious. If something originated elsewhere and got here, that means it also got other places.
1:16.6	Which is a problem.
1:17.6	Tell me.
1:18.6	The key thing is why hang out at the edge of visibility?
1:21.6	They are domesticating us.
1:23.6	Hold on a second.
1:24.6	Hi. Hold on a second.
1:32.3	Hi, I'm I. I'm Bialik. I'm Jonathan Cohen.
1:34.3	Welcome to our breakdown.
1:36.3	Today, I feel broken down by what's about to happen.
1:40.3	Let's just not bury the lead.
1:42.3	It's possible that aliens are here observing us for the purpose of
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