[Retweeted] Defining a New Research Frontier on the “Search for Extraterrestrial Artificial Intelligence" (SETAI) Last week was a code-red moment for artificial intelligence (AI), in which AI researchers voiced fresh fears of human extinction. The 27-year-old AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at OpenAI and later moved to Anthropic, resigned from his job on September 9, 2026 and stated that AI researchers were genuinely frightened about the speed of its advancements and what it...

If advanced NHI monitor emerging civilizations, they may focus on the brief period when a species gains the power to destroy itself, create a successor intelligence, or expand beyond its planet. Humanity may now be inside that window. The Civilizational Bottleneck For most of human history, we could damage societies but not permanently transform the planet. That changed within a few generations. Humanity now possesses: Nuclear weapons Artificial intelligence Advanced biotechnology Autonomous...

I think it is time to completely shake this Star Trek-esque idea of ships being "piloted" by biological lifeforms. It is not the case that there are Greys (nor w/e your fav "race" is ) flying around in ships, piloting them, as born entities. No there are not even clones or "drones" actively piloting anything. All craft-like phenomena are being maneuvered by "sentient non-biological intelligence". Calling it "artificial intelligence" would be inaccurate, but it is the simplest way to understan...