A SETI signal?
Have aliens from a distant planet contacted us? Despite the hype from some journalists, the answer is almost certainly no. In a post for the SETI Institute, astronomer Seth Shostak explains what we know about the alleged "signal" from a star system 94 light-years away: "The chance that this is truly a signal from extraterrestrials is not terribly promising, and the discoverers themselves apparently doubt that they’ve found ET. Nonetheless, one should check out all reasonable possibilities, given the importance of the subject."
Interesting article via SETI:
http://www.seti.org/seti-institute/a-seti-signal
#seti #AI #space #research
AI was an interesting collection choice, alien robots? as likely as a biological intelligence, imo :-)
ReplyDeleteUmmm...I'd like to think as bioAI, so no Paul type ;)
ReplyDeleteCorina Marinescu I preffer Paul
ReplyDeleteDon't know if robots could evolve without a biolife to design them in the first place. After all, AI needs non-AI to design it. Though they could replicate and take over the solar system/galaxy
ReplyDeleteSam Collett yes, might have been more clear to say alien AI is as likely to be discovered as biological intelligence
ReplyDeleteAI comes from alien intelligence for my collection...I have robos for artificial intelligence. I see your confusion now Hudson Ansley.
ReplyDeleteI know Drakes equation is entirely based on assumptions, and yet I just intuitively expect the news someday. =) 96 light years would certainly make for some one sided conversation but still, that would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteVery big amount of energy generated that signal. And there was to wide band on Russian antenna. Probably this signal was caused by some natural phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteMariusz Rozpędek Quite possible. I can't quite remember but I think the article said it was somewhere near the 11 gigahertz range, not commonly associated with a pulsar. But that doesn't rule out a natural source. I wished I could find more information...
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RATAN-600 -- the Russian radio-telescope pictured, that is at the origin of the observation.
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