It would certainly be interesting to see what technologies aliens have.I don't think the Singularity would mean as much to space faring civilizationsas it does to us here on earth, since the Singularity is couched in terms of acontest for resources here on earth. If humans were also space faring thenwould there be a need to worry about whether or not computers would take over Earth? What if we have been monitored for the past few centuries by an alien civilization having the Moon as a way-station? Would that be of any import?
~PM ------------- > Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 02:56:22 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [agi] Extraterrestrial Life and AGI > > Would you agree that any extraterrestrial life form we might ever have > meaningful contact with during our pre-Singularity phase will have to be > a post-Singularity civilization and thus most likely feature/consist of > AGI technology? > > The amount of spacetime which that life form would have to overcome in > order to visit us would probably be enough to trigger a technological > Singularity even if they went out as a pre-Singularity species? They > might of course be able to manipulate spacetime itself ... but I guess > it is safe to assume that this already would represent a > post-Singularity or almost-Singularity technology? Also if they manage > to obtain a spacetime-manipulating technology they would probably be > able to recall the more primitive vessel (which they might have sent out > earlier) in some way and send a new one? > > That likely would mean that as a pre-Singularity species you can only be > found/contacted and that finding inevitably only happens as a > post-Singularity life form? > > This of course would make SETI even more pointless (unless the alien AGI > thingy floats around within our solar system's vicinity in a detectable > form, fully aware of our presence and without any incentive of > contacting us ... and that combination seems rather > illogical/improbable?) and most sci-fi movies involving human contact > with non superintelligent/godlike/semi-AIXI-like aliens even more > unrealistic? > > kind regards, > > camel > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
