> and they prevent other beings like themselves from emerging within their volume
What so they go to war with other species who are unlike them? Doesn't sound very clever, and it's a losing strategy. 'War is a losing strategy' [0].
What so they go to war with other species who are unlike them? Doesn't sound very clever, and it's a losing strategy. 'War is a losing strategy' [0].
Except in virtually all of human history, which is written by the powers that win wars.
Or a bit of biological warfare - can't be too hard for a super-advanced civilization to tweak a virus to be a little more dangerous. Or maybe a bit of radioactive dust, or just poking a whole in the planets ozone layer; there are probably lots of subtle techniques that an advanced AI could pull off too. the point is, is you command the technology and energy reserves needed for interstellar travel, you don't really need to fight a prolonged war against a species on a lower technology level. Just check in every few thousand years and if it seems like they're starting to expand just wipe them out.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_capture
[3]: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/overvi...