Earth After Humanity (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Future of the Earth
We have created a lot of effectively new species, I don't know how well a poodle or a sheep really does when left to nature for a few generations. You would probably see dogs, bigger ones rather than poodles, start turning into a major predator of domesticated livestock. It is also possible aliens might target the higher life forms too, wiping out chimps, gorillas and dolphins. If they don't like intelligent life they may be hesitant to leave sophisticated monitoring equipment behind too. Some AI left to watch a planet for millions of years could end up turning into a defender of that planet out of sympathy.
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