Would data from an Alien intelligence be lethal for us?
Caleb Scharf joins John Michael Godier to discuss how our data, and data from other intelligent civilizations is alive, known as the dataome.
Dr. Scharf's new book, The Ascent of Information: Books, Bits, Genes, Machines, and Life's Unending Algorithm is out now.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621175/the-ascent-of-information-by-caleb-scharf/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/caleb-a-scharf/
Check out friend of the show, Prof. Brian Keating who has a new book out, Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner distilling his interviews with 9 Nobel Prize winners into actionable wisdom, tools, and life-hacks to release your inner genius! Order it here https://amzn.to/2UPTxOI and tune into Brian’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1
0:01:23 The Ascent of Information
0:08:32 Exchanging Dataomes with Aliens
00:10:07 The Universe is a Data Storage device
00:14:07 DNA as a storage device
00:25:43 Energy requirements for storing data
00:29:43 General AI becoming a machine civilization
00:36:55 Aliens sending dangerous data
00:39:46 Be quiet or they’ll hear you…
00:44:08 AGI cheating at games
00:50:46 Aliens spreading thru the Galaxy
00:55:58 Interstellar distances
01:02:27 Slowing the perception of time
01:10:04 Prof. Brian Keating Talks to ANNA!
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