Grabby aliens is a model of alien civilizations developed by Robin Hanson, Daniel Martin, Calvin McCarter and Jonathan Paulson.

Further reading

Aaronson, Scott (2021) Once we can see them, it’s too late, Shtetl-Optimized, January 30.

Hanson, Robin (2021) A simple model of grabby aliens, Foresight Institute, February 9.

Hanson, Robin et al. (2021) If loud aliens explain human earliness, quiet aliens are also rare, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 922.

External links

Grabby Aliens. A collection of resources.