And here's the part almost nobody's really planning for: humanity's first real reach past this solar system probably won't be us at all. It'll be AI, and the machines we build to think alongside it — sent out to learn, adapt, and evolve along the way. — The Fork — Gallery

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A vast, intricately structured probe of glowing geometric panels and slowly shifting internal architecture drifts through deep space toward a far cluster of unfamiliar stars, its form quietly reconfiguring itself piece by piece as it travels, dwarfing the cold points of light around it.