If “life” is bacterium then I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a lot of it out there in the galaxy.
If “life” means something you might want to have as a pet — or even converse with — then probably not so much.
And frankly, if it’s habitable — then I’d just as soon we be the first life to arrive. Simplifies things.
I’m not all that interested in “intelligent” life. It presents nothing but problems. What we need is life we can eat.
“If “life” is bacterium then I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a lot of it out there in the galaxy.”
I’d be very surprised if we find even bacterium anywhere out there. We still know of no way that life can spontaneously appear from inanimate matter, so why would we expect to find it anywhere we look?