[HN Gopher] Artificial Intelligence Searches for Extraterrestria...
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       Artificial Intelligence Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
        
       Author : typeofhuman
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2023-03-27 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.supercluster.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.supercluster.com)
        
       | someweirdperson wrote:
       | > A machine might be just as happy in the cold vacuum of space.
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       | That sounds boring to the point that it would probably even be
       | for AI.
        
         | 7373737373 wrote:
         | After having tried VR the "we can't detect aliens because they
         | have merged with/receded into simulations" hypothesis seems
         | very plausible to me:
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         | https://mindmatters.ai/2020/11/the-aliens-exist-but-evolved-...
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         | Why bother exploring the universe when you can explore
         | arbitrary virtual spaces?
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         | The only remaining thing possibly detectable would be a faint
         | thermal glow from their ultra-optimized computers
        
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