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Stephen Hawking Warns Us to Stop Reaching Out to Aliens Before It's Too Late
"I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone."
JOSH HRALA 4 NOV 2016
When the potential of intelligent alien civilisations comes up in
conversation, it’s usually about the search. How will we find them? Where
are they? Are they there at all? What actions should we take if – or when
– we find them, or they find us?
Well, according to physicist Stephen Hawking, we should probably stop trying
to contact them at all, because reaching out to advanced civilisations
could put humanity and Earth in a pretty risky situation. And the bad news
is, we've already been broadcasting our location to the Universe for years.
Hawking’s warning comes in a new online film called Stephen Hawking’s
Favourite Places, which shows the famed scientist in a CGI spacecraft called
the SS Hawking exploring his favourite places in the Universe.
"As I grow older I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone. After
a lifetime of wondering, I am helping to lead a new global effort to find
out," Hawking says in the film while exploring Gliese 832c, a planet that
lies 16 light-years away and might foster alien life.
"The Breakthrough Listen project will scan the nearest million stars for
signs of life, but I know just the place to start looking. One day we might
receive a signal from a planet like Gliese 832c, but we should be wary of
answering back."
In case you missed it, the Breakthrough Listen project is an ambitious
attempt to find intelligent life in the Universe by scanning the closest
stars for radio signals. The project was funded by Russian billionaire Yuri
Milner, who injected US$100 million to keep it afloat.
Recently, the project announced that it would be turning its attention to
the hypothetical 'alien megastructure' that some think is causing a star
known as KIC 8462852 to oddly dim off and on.
A more reasonable hypothesis is that the erratic dimming is caused by '
interstellar junk' or a comet swarm, but no one really knows what’s going
on there yet.
Despite Hawking’s extraordinary effort to find intelligent life in the
Universe, he is one of the most outspoken critics of actually trying to
communicate with them, an act that he says would potentially endanger
humanity, because a distant alien civilisation might view us as inferior,
weak, and perfect to conquer.
"If so, they will be vastly more powerful and may not see us as any more
valuable than we see bacteria," he says in the film.
Hawking often uses the example of Columbus’ expedition to the America’s to
describe what could happen if an advanced civilisation gets word of our
existence, saying that that initial meeting "didn’t turn out so well".
Hawking’s warning is rooted in the idea that an alien civilisation,
especially one that can pick up our signals and understand where they’re
coming from, has the potential to be billions of years more advanced than us
, making us an easy target to overthrow or invade.
Reaching out to the Universe isn’t the only area of scientific pursuit that
Hawking says is risky.
A few weeks ago, at a lecture at the University of Cambridge, Hawking said
artificial intelligence might prove to be "either the best, or the worst
thing, ever to happen to humanity", a feeling that other experts and leaders
– such as Elon Musk – have agreed with.
This fear stems from the fact that AI has the power to learn for itself,
making it possible to surpass our human abilities, because we rely on
biological evolution – a slow process, to say the least – to become better.
"[Artificial intelligence] would take off on its own, and re-design itself
at an ever increasing rate," he told Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC. "Humans,
who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be
superseded."
While all of these warnings might seem a bit much, it’s important for us to
think about them before we have to. As the saying goes, it’s better to be
safe than sorry, especially when world-dominating aliens or AI robots are
involved.
Besides offering an ominous warning, though, the new 25-minute film sees
Hawking explore other incredible spots in the Universe, such as Sagittarius
A* – a supermassive black hole – and our Solar System’s very own Saturn,
a planet that Hawking is fascinated with.
"I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone."
JOSH HRALA 4 NOV 2016
When the potential of intelligent alien civilisations comes up in
conversation, it’s usually about the search. How will we find them? Where
are they? Are they there at all? What actions should we take if – or when
– we find them, or they find us?
Well, according to physicist Stephen Hawking, we should probably stop trying
to contact them at all, because reaching out to advanced civilisations
could put humanity and Earth in a pretty risky situation. And the bad news
is, we've already been broadcasting our location to the Universe for years.
Hawking’s warning comes in a new online film called Stephen Hawking’s
Favourite Places, which shows the famed scientist in a CGI spacecraft called
the SS Hawking exploring his favourite places in the Universe.
"As I grow older I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone. After
a lifetime of wondering, I am helping to lead a new global effort to find
out," Hawking says in the film while exploring Gliese 832c, a planet that
lies 16 light-years away and might foster alien life.
"The Breakthrough Listen project will scan the nearest million stars for
signs of life, but I know just the place to start looking. One day we might
receive a signal from a planet like Gliese 832c, but we should be wary of
answering back."
In case you missed it, the Breakthrough Listen project is an ambitious
attempt to find intelligent life in the Universe by scanning the closest
stars for radio signals. The project was funded by Russian billionaire Yuri
Milner, who injected US$100 million to keep it afloat.
Recently, the project announced that it would be turning its attention to
the hypothetical 'alien megastructure' that some think is causing a star
known as KIC 8462852 to oddly dim off and on.
A more reasonable hypothesis is that the erratic dimming is caused by '
interstellar junk' or a comet swarm, but no one really knows what’s going
on there yet.
Despite Hawking’s extraordinary effort to find intelligent life in the
Universe, he is one of the most outspoken critics of actually trying to
communicate with them, an act that he says would potentially endanger
humanity, because a distant alien civilisation might view us as inferior,
weak, and perfect to conquer.
"If so, they will be vastly more powerful and may not see us as any more
valuable than we see bacteria," he says in the film.
Hawking often uses the example of Columbus’ expedition to the America’s to
describe what could happen if an advanced civilisation gets word of our
existence, saying that that initial meeting "didn’t turn out so well".
Hawking’s warning is rooted in the idea that an alien civilisation,
especially one that can pick up our signals and understand where they’re
coming from, has the potential to be billions of years more advanced than us
, making us an easy target to overthrow or invade.
Reaching out to the Universe isn’t the only area of scientific pursuit that
Hawking says is risky.
A few weeks ago, at a lecture at the University of Cambridge, Hawking said
artificial intelligence might prove to be "either the best, or the worst
thing, ever to happen to humanity", a feeling that other experts and leaders
– such as Elon Musk – have agreed with.
This fear stems from the fact that AI has the power to learn for itself,
making it possible to surpass our human abilities, because we rely on
biological evolution – a slow process, to say the least – to become better.
"[Artificial intelligence] would take off on its own, and re-design itself
at an ever increasing rate," he told Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC. "Humans,
who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be
superseded."
While all of these warnings might seem a bit much, it’s important for us to
think about them before we have to. As the saying goes, it’s better to be
safe than sorry, especially when world-dominating aliens or AI robots are
involved.
Besides offering an ominous warning, though, the new 25-minute film sees
Hawking explore other incredible spots in the Universe, such as Sagittarius
A* – a supermassive black hole – and our Solar System’s very own Saturn,
a planet that Hawking is fascinated with.
H*y
10 楼
看来那个星球上应该是AI泛滥,深受其害。
B*1
14 楼
刚刚看到,霍金居然真的跟“绿岸”扯上了边。
“为了迎接‘外星访客’,人类派出杰出代表——坐在轮椅上的霍金,通过‘绿岸’射
电望远镜和它交流。”
有意思。。。这里面的外星访客叫 oumuamua(奥陌陌),都在认为是一艘外星飞船。
“为了迎接‘外星访客’,人类派出杰出代表——坐在轮椅上的霍金,通过‘绿岸’射
电望远镜和它交流。”
有意思。。。这里面的外星访客叫 oumuamua(奥陌陌),都在认为是一艘外星飞船。
B*1
15 楼
关于这个奥陌陌,这段也很有意思:
地球人在目瞪口呆之余,继续研究奥陌陌古怪的运动方式,终于破解了一个
惊天秘密:奥陌陌曾受到致命打击!
贝尔法斯特女王大学的弗雷泽通过光度测定,发现奥陌陌一直在毫无规律的
翻滚,也许在来太阳系之前已经乱滚了几亿年!
在排除种种可能,如行星间的潮汐引力、恒星光照的影响和内部的热运动后,
科学家做了最合理的推测,奥陌陌曾遭到某种物体的猛烈撞击!
据说这是有史以来人类观测到的第一个系外物体(太阳系是一个盘子,此前都是从盘面
过来的,这是第一次类似垂直出入)。但肯定不是这么简单。
能星际飞行、隐身技术早就解决了。别说外星人,人类战机现在都可以对电磁波隐形。
这次这个 oumuamua 很可怜地显形、现身,很可能是受到攻击、被人揍过。
而且很明显是最近,不是什么亿万年前。
地球人在目瞪口呆之余,继续研究奥陌陌古怪的运动方式,终于破解了一个
惊天秘密:奥陌陌曾受到致命打击!
贝尔法斯特女王大学的弗雷泽通过光度测定,发现奥陌陌一直在毫无规律的
翻滚,也许在来太阳系之前已经乱滚了几亿年!
在排除种种可能,如行星间的潮汐引力、恒星光照的影响和内部的热运动后,
科学家做了最合理的推测,奥陌陌曾遭到某种物体的猛烈撞击!
据说这是有史以来人类观测到的第一个系外物体(太阳系是一个盘子,此前都是从盘面
过来的,这是第一次类似垂直出入)。但肯定不是这么简单。
能星际飞行、隐身技术早就解决了。别说外星人,人类战机现在都可以对电磁波隐形。
这次这个 oumuamua 很可怜地显形、现身,很可能是受到攻击、被人揍过。
而且很明显是最近,不是什么亿万年前。
g*i
16 楼
被他同学弄瘫的吧?太优秀了招人嫉妒
s*t
17 楼
外星人也是靠集体智慧 不是神,你现在一个人回到10000年前和一群原始人一起用石头
生活估计你也没法和他们解释量子力学。人家会把你当疯子砸死的。
:外星人就霍金的水平
:怕是来不了地球吧
生活估计你也没法和他们解释量子力学。人家会把你当疯子砸死的。
:外星人就霍金的水平
:怕是来不了地球吧
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