# We May Discover Extrasolar Life Within Thirty Years by Mario Livio > "Consequently, if life on exoplanets is not extremely uncommon, we could discover some form of extrasolar life within about 30 years." > **— Mario Livio**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Intelligent Machines—On Earth And Beyond](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26104) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Mario Livio; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Exobiology|Exobiology]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Exobiology|Exobiology]] - [[wiki/Life Detection|Life Detection]] - [[wiki/SETI Institute|SETI Institute]] - [[wiki/Species|Species]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Consequently, if life on exoplanets is not extremely uncommon, we could discover some form of extrasolar life within about 30 years." — Mario Livio, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mario-livio-discover-extrasolar-life-within-thirty ```