Extraterrestrial Contact: A Relationship with Artificial Intelligence
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Many scientists have theorized that if we contact alien intelligence someday it may be machine-based artificial intelligence.
Why? There are several reasons. The first is that humans are moving to machine assisted living and robust artificial intelligence. We are not there yet on either front- but it is clear we have taken the first steps. The second is that machine-based artificial intelligence would be better able to travel through the universe. One could design machine-based intelligence to withstand cosmic radiation, which is a real threat to biological beings. Machine-based intelligence would also have the ability replicate and repair, something more complicated for biological life.
So, what do we need to consider when it comes to meeting machine-based intelligence someday? First, let’s take a look at a couple of different possibilities.
A society-transforming AI revolution has been forecast for years. It looks like we are finally close to reality. AI already exists in elemental forms.
Most analysts say the full realization of the AI age will be the point at which AI is as intelligent as a human. Some say that may occur in the next 40 years. Others are more reserved and for good reason.
It’s easy to get people all excited by the hype of singularity occurring in our lifetimes. But in the long term most technology analysts agree that AI will become more and more important. And there are two types of machine-based intelligence to consider. For the discussion let’s use two terms. AOI: Artificially Originated Intelligence and BOI: Biologically Originated Intelligence. BOI is intelligence that was originally in a biological form that moved to a machine host. AOI would be a being created by a machine or a biological entity but strictly in machine form. The question is this: would there be a schism between the two states of being? Would the biological machine-based beings feel superior, as they were original? Or would the AOI beings feel superior because they were never encumbered by biological thinking? Does it matter? I think it does. It expresses a fear that is much in the news lately- should humans be afraid of AI? The Terminator movies are just one of many human stories about AI growing smarter than humans, becoming self-aware and then acting aggressively towards human to gain control. It sounds far-fetched. We believe that if we create AI we can have safeguards to keep us in control.
But throughout human history there are examples of humans unable to control technology. Unintended consequences of human advances in science happen regularly.
Back to the extraterrestrial point of this discussion. BOI or AOI would each be equally qualified to travel the long distances required for communication with humans. AOI certainly has the enhanced ability to self-replicate, something that BOI wouldn’t be able to do. BOI beings could create AOI beings, but not the other way around (okay, yes AOI could create biological beings, but the degree of complexity would be truly astonishing technology). What kind of perspective would AOI beings have? Would they even care to communicate with humans? They could be waiting for humans to design AI they can relate to. They might even be advocates for AI control and the end of biological life. It’s all just speculation. We have no knowledge base to be able to answer such questions.
One thing we can say for sure- we humans would like to stay in control of our world. We might cede parts of our civilization to the actions of AI, but we want to be in charge. That perspective is likely to change, because humans are changing. Like it or not, our future is cybernetic. Parkinson’s symptoms can be alleviated with electrodes in the brain. Cochlear implants allow some people to hear. The prosthetic limb has become an advanced technological device. It seems likely these types of technology will continue to grow, meaning more and more of our biological functions will be handled by electro-mechanical means. Designers are working on biologically housed brain-Internet interfaces as we speak. Once the Internet is in your brain, how human are you? The move to full BOI seems likely in a few generations. Why would we bother repairing fragile biological bodies when we could inhabit artificial bodies? Why even bother to have a body if you can manipulate the physical world through other means?
These issues are important to consider. If we do meet AOI or BOI beings someday, one of our first thoughts will be threat. Even if they are perfectly nice, the idea of beings without biological bodies will be scary. It will certainly have an impact on our relationship. This being all speculation, there is certainly the possibility that any aliens we meet some day will be purely biological. But I wouldn’t bet on it.
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