There’s a striking idea that we might be creating intelligence we don’t fully understand while wondering whether some other intelligence is already beyond our grasp. Is there a meaningful connection here, or is it mainly a philosophical analogy?
Could AI have anything to do with the UFO phenomenon, or is it just a comparison?
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As an analogy, it’s interesting. As evidence of a connection, it doesn’t get us very far. The fact that humans are building AI doesn’t show that unexplained sightings involve AI, or that any intelligence behind them would work like software.
I’d keep those questions separate: what evidence supports a particular explanation for a sighting, and what does creating unfamiliar intelligence make us think about intelligence in general?
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The useful part of the idea may be how hard it is to recognize intelligence that doesn’t resemble us. We tend to imagine minds with familiar goals and ways of communicating. But that’s a question about our assumptions, not proof that an unfamiliar intelligence is involved in any particular unexplained event.
It also cuts both ways. Calling something intelligent without clear evidence of intention or communication can turn uncertainty into a story too quickly.
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I’d be careful not to treat “we’re making AI” and “there may be other intelligence” as two halves of one argument. They can prompt the same big question, which is whether intelligence can be very different from ours, while still having no demonstrated link.
For a more grounded discussion, it helps to say what would count as a connection and what observation could change your mind. Otherwise the idea stays intriguing but hard to test.
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Tarnish:
That distinction helps. The comparison feels more thought-provoking than evidential, at least from what we have here.