If we assume that there is no one Great Filter, that seems to imply that there are lots of 'little filters', which are somewhat less difficult to get through. Or that there are lots of little filters in the past, and perhaps just one big one in the future of a civilisation like ours.
Whichever is the case, it seems likely on the evidence available that there are no billion-year-old interstellar civilisations in our galaxy.
Whether that is the end result of an accumulation of slightly dangerous filter episodes or the result of one big dangerous episode (the GF) which consistently prevents such a civilisation from forming, is open to debate. If we are past that one big filter, then that is a good thing.
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