The Unnerving Origin of Technosignatures with Caleb Scharf

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 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:38 Bio 0:01:23 The Ascent of Information 0:05:38 The Dataome 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 00:18:09 Abiogenesis 00:22:32 Time 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 00:46:45 The bad paths. 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! More JMG https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnMichaelGodier Want to support the channel? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShow Follow us at other places! Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmgeventhorizon/ Music featured on Event Horizon https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/ https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/ https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/ FOOTAGE: NASA ESA/Hubble ESO - M.Kornmesser ESO - L.Calcada ESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org) NAOJ University of Warwick Goddard Visualization Studio Langley Research Center Pixabay #data #alien