I'm here because of the AI and SETI info and debates.

I am throwing links into the open threads that have some info related to these things, and am interested in seeing if there ends up being other discussions on them.

Pretty sure that there isn't any biological aliens out there at this time, and am pretty spooked by the idea of a machine intelligence running around the galaxy. Looking at some of those dense star clusters, it occurs to me that those would be the only places to put a civ , that was protected from hyper-velocity attacks. Am kinda concerned that the way we find out we aren't alone is a bunch of rocks coming in at a hefty chunk of "c".

Have read most of the background sequences by EY, and most of the discussion posts each week, but don't like getting caught up in arguments that are all about syntax.