AI Tools Help in Search for Alien Life by Finding Needles in Cosmic Haystacks
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AI tools are helping in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by processing massive datasets to spot anomalies that could indicate alien signals. Projects like those at the Very Large Array are using AI to analyze radio telescope data.
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AI systems can search for new types of signals, like wideband transmissions, that traditional methods would miss. AI can find patterns in "noisy" data over time.
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Projects like Breakthrough Listen are using AI to distinguish possible real alien signals from interference. AI has identified some potential signals missed by traditional methods.
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AI is being used to analyze Mars rover data and rock samples for subtle molecular signs of past or present life, with almost 90% accuracy in tests.
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It's early days, but as more data is collected and analyzed with AI, the chances of detecting alien life increase if it does exist out there. But progress is measured in the scale of the search effort so far.