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Looking for technosignatures using the brain and Artificial Intelligence
  • GABRIEL G. DE LA TORRE
GABRIEL G. DE LA TORRE
University of Cadiz

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Abstract

Technosignatures involves the detection of radio signals, lasers, atmospheric pollution, radiation leakage from megastructures or sidereal installations such as Dyson spheres, Shkadov thrusters with the power to alter the orbits of stars around the Galactic Centre, etc. Some authors have postulated the possibility of previous ancient civilizations indigenous to our solar system having left behind some techno-signatures that we might find. However, if we look for these techno-signatures, artificial structures or signs, our minds can easily become confused when confronted with the unexpected. In recent times we had news about several events that made us question its possible extraterrestrial intelligent origin: The Tabby star anomaly, Oumuamua object and the 16 days periodic radio patterns detected by CHIME/FRB. Facts open to interpretation, our brain interpretation. The question is whether our minds are ready and capable of finding and understanding such techno-signatures, or whether we need to wait for our consciousness to be able to apprehend and comprehend these features. Could we get some help from artificial intelligence (AI)?