No, 18/6 is optimum and proven through 80+ years of cannabis research, and it certainly is not a random "guess".
Any more is a waste of electricity, any less and growth is not at its fastest or most efficient.
This holds true for auto flowers for their whole cycle and photoperiod plants in vegetative growth.
Cannabis does need to "sleep" and 6 hours is perfect for the plant to do its' night time metabolic processes.
Your plant will be at its healthiest and most productive at 18/6, with no loss of yield, growth, potency or any other thing. In fact, yields may increase at 18/6 due to this time schedule being optimum and non stressing, like 20/4, 22/2 or the worst thing you could ever do to a beloved cannabis plant, 24/0!!
Every living thing needs a constant awake/sleep/awake/sleep cycle to function normally.
Hope this helps,...........
Organoman.