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AI Developed by Scientists Shows Promise in Detecting Alien Lifeforms

Published October 31, 2023
1 years ago

Despite the global focus being majorly on Covid-19 research recently, some scientists have been making underrated yet substantial breakthroughs in completely different fields. One such area is the advocacy of artificial intelligence tools in order to detect possible extraterrestrial life, according to a study published in the journal PNAS.


Researchers have developed an AI model, which is trained using living cells, fossils, artificial chemicals and meteorites, to thereafter distinguish between samples of biological and nonbiological origins with a whopping 90% reliability rate.


The innovatively designed AI operates by identifying differences between samples rather than seeking out specific attributes. Robert Hazen, the co-author of the study, has expressed that this new piece of technology is not limited to recognising the biochemistries of Earth alone. Its capabilities extend to detecting the biochemical signatures of life forms from other possible biospheres as well, even if such life forms differ substantially from life as we know it.


This ground-breaking AI model according to Hazen might even enable us to discern whether life on Earth and any potential life located on other planets originated from the same or different roots.



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