UK Royal Astronomer Says Alien Life Might Be Mega-Weird AI

Royal Warning The United Kingdom's foremost astronomer is cautioning British citizens that if and when we encounter alien life, it may be more bizarre — read: more artificially intelligent — than we ever could have imagined. In an editorial for the BBC, British royal astronomer Lord Marin Rees maintains that it's not so outlandish to consider […]

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