AI Joins Hunt for ET: Study Finds 8 Potential Alien Signals

Re:AI Joins Hunt for ET: Study Finds 8 Potential Alien Signals by goatlover on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:56PM (#34732129)

But what if like Contact, the signal included plans for building a machine? Except it would be a computer to run the embedded code, which turned out to be an alien AGI having the goal of learning our systems so that it could infiltrate them? Would at least make for a decent scifi story, if it hasn't already been written or produced.

I recall how Jody Foster's character in the movie was dismissive of any such concerns, but then we really don't know what the motive of an alien civilization broadcasting a signal would be, and the Dark Forest theory hadn't been espoused yet.

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Re:AI Joins Hunt for ET: Study Finds 8 Potential Alien Signals by midoridensha on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:42PM (#34734544)

Contact was very realistic in showing that it's foolish to spend trillions building a machine in the USA to contact aliens, because some religious crazy will destroy it, and such a machine should be built elsewhere.

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