Artificial intelligences have been enlisted in the search for extraterrestrial life, SETI, because A.I. doesn’t think like us. At least it wouldn’t if AI was sentient. Recent developments in SETI, an unconvential field of inquiry with more of a basis in faith, has taken many different left turns at Albuquerque rather than embracing the bog-standard conventional wisdom from the past 50 years. What are they doing? Well that’s for Sarah Scoles to reveal in her fascinating essay. Perhaps as a tease, Adam Mann wonders Is The Sun A Node In A Gigantic Alien Space Internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check for ET utilizing gravitational lensing to share alien nudes and trolling on alt.planet.zetareticuli returning a compelling conclusion. The latter two activities are based on the assumption ET is “like us” but consider Kevin Kelly’s ’12 Assumptions For Extraterrestrial Life’ and jibe well with the aforementioned maverick approaches, except with aliens engaged in their own SETI programs. From Mark Frauenfelder to Christopher Palin at The Debrief, with apologies to Charles Fort, one starts looking for aliens starting anywhere. Yet having a clue for the best ‘anywhere’ to begin can be helpful. These Are The Top 5 Places And Times Humanity Is Likely To Discover Extraterrestrial Life. And much like the funhouse mirror always says, “It’s later than you think!” (CS)
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