I think within 100 years, our species will be a T2 species. If warring with ourselves doesn't prevent that of course.
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Type II
An interstellar civilization, capable of harnessing the total energy output of a star.
This is the next stage in the evolution of a civilization, and presumes a level of technological development that allows for gigantic constructions and utmost efficiency.
Dyson structures come to mind here, which are gigantic constructs meant to harness the energy of stars. "
This might seem unlikely now, I know. But this all hinges on just one breakthrough..AI. Artificial Intelligence is making strides every day. Computing power is getting absolutely ridiculous. Quantum computing will give a well developed AI the ability to learn at unfathomable rate and program its self, to make it even better. Imagine 100 years of progress....100 years is 20 lifetimes in the tech field.
Soon our first REAL, genuine AI will go online, instantly re-make its self better than we could ever dream, and it will be as if we created God. It will solve all our current issues. It will develop perfect robots to send off into space for mining, replicating, and building our first Dyson Sphere.
Before any of you laugh, keep this in mind. If you went back 100 years in time and showed people my Note8 cellphone, they would probably burn you alive thinking you were some kind of black magic demon. They wouldnt even be able to comprehend the "internet" and the only way you could have such a powerful "thing" would be evil magic. Better yet imagine showing them a video game or HD video on a powerful laptop? They would believe you trapped real living humans inside a tiny box.
