Traps to identify artificial intelligence

Astronomers are very interested in finding extraterrestrial civilization and persistently studying signals that may come from artificial intelligence.

The SETI ( Search for Extraterrestrial Civilization ) program began in the US since 1960, it is hoped that radio signals from the universe will prove the existence of a certain civilization beyond planet. In 1962, the Soviet Union sent the first signals of three words " Peace, Lenin, CCCP ".

The search for alien life has yet to produce any significant results.

At first it was intended to send the number of ' Pi ', a constant that was familiar to the beginning of any intellect in the universe but was not answered so another option was chosen. In 1995, the establishment of SETI @ home project ( Searching for an alien civilization at home ).

There have been thousands of volunteers from all over the world participating in decoding signals from the universe on a PC located right on the desk at home, but no significant evidence has yet been obtained.

Many scientists have begun to consider the paradox of Fermi (' if there are millions of people living in the world, why don't we hear them ') is no longer a paradox but a sad recognition of uniqueness. most of life on Earth .

However, one of SETI's supporters, astronomer Seth Shostak, who has been a longtime observer of UFOs, says that between the invention of radio waves and the creation of artificial intelligence in planets Other people in the universe need a lot of time.

For example, on Earth, the discovery of radio communication by 2010 was 120 years, but only in this era, can we create 'digital mechanism' (digital mechanism) - ie are computer programs that can evolve. Many people who stand by Shostak's notion that ' aliens ' are not specific creatures like us but artificial intelligence that are self-managing and self-evolving.

In order for the artificial intelligence to spread to the universe of matter and energy, Seth Shostak proposed to direct SETI's telescopes to objects (unexpected because no one had thought of it) as young stars. , hot, there is no organic life. And high temperatures near stars may be appropriate for artificial intelligence.

Currently, the SETI project is just like a ' mass movement ' of voluntary, curious donors who are not too generous. It may be thought that Dr. Seth Shostak is " bracing himself " for a new guarantee for research that has not found this way out. The search for extraterrestrial minds needs millions of dollars, but just the price of a car . tanks have not found a benefactor.