“There’s something particularly romantic about the idea of…artificial intelligence looking for extraterrestrial intelligence which itself might be artificially intelligent.” Andrew Siemion of #Listen and @BerkeleySETI on the new search for alien life.https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2020/new-seti-projects …
It's so obvious when you think about it. It won't be us looking for them. It will be our machines looking for their machines. Or machines' machines.
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William Gibson is vindicated again
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That assumes they’re not already here and we haven’t already found each other. What difference would a mere million years of science make in tech ability? Join
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When you see the conflicts between our countries and between people within our countries, I fear the worst if we or "they" discover us....
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The big question here isn’t really “Where are the aliens?” but actually “When were the aliens?” To give some perspective: let’s say an advanced alien culture, located 100 light years from us, is pointing their antennas straight at earth. What signals do they receive? 1/
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Not a whole hell of a lot. Aside from some military communications, point-to-point radiotelegraph signals, and a few amateurs broadcasting from home, there’s really not much out there. And the first “broadcast station” (KDKA in Pittsburg) won’t start up till the end of 1920. 2/
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First contact while there's still a distinction between us and our machines would be unlikely-- like the doorbell ringing while you're in the shower.
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