I would still think that there is no other way for us to make it in the long term than colonizing as many stars as possible, and that this requires transitioning from carbon-based self-replicating chemistry to an inorganic-based form of consciousness vessels that can withstand long-distance space travel.

In any case, it's quite possible that others have already done the same. We may be unable to find "life" in the universe, and that at the same time conscious beings are out there.