This video was made with financial support from the Center for AI Safety. There are trillions of planets in the Universe, but even with our most powerful telescopes, we’ve never found a single trace of life out there. And no alien civilization's ever found us. It could be we’re just not advanced enough to be noticed. Or we're looking for the wrong things. So it’s time to upgrade. Make some interstellar noise, build some megastructures and mega-scopes, and find out whether we're actually alone in the Universe. Today, we’re going to speed up Earth’s evolution, and become an intergalactic Type III Civilization on the Kardashev scale. That is, if we don’t go extinct first. 00:00 What If Earth Became a Type III Civilization? 01:00 Type 0.73 Civilization 02:17 Type 1 Civilization 06:10 The Fermi Paradox 07:59 The Great Filter 13:54 Type 2 Civilization 17:57 Type 3 Civilization Ever wondered what would actually happen? Explore our biggest What If scenarios and go deeper with the What If community 👇 📘 The What If Book: https://bit.ly/WIFBook 📝 Articles: https://whatifshow.com/ ───────────────────────────── JOIN THE COMMUNITY ───────────────────────────── 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/Bj5UnspbwE 📲 WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va8VC502ER6r1yk1yP2Y 📸 Instagram: http://bit.ly/whatif-instagram 🐦 Twitter/X: http://bit.ly/whatif-twitter 📘 Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-whatif ───────────────────────────── SUPPORT WHAT IF ───────────────────────────── 👕 Merch: https://bit.ly/shopwhatif ❤️ Join this channel for exclusive perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join 🙏 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whatifshow/membership ───────────────────────────── MORE FROM UNDERKNOWN ───────────────────────────── 🧠 Aperture – Philosophy & Psychology: https://bit.ly/aperture-show 🆘 How to Survive – Survival Science: https://bit.ly/how-to-survive-show ───────────────────────────── 📩 Brand partnerships & collaborations: [email protected] Produced by Underknown: https://underknown.com #earth #civilization #science #kardashevscale #evolution #technology #whatif