One of the points which I picked up from my recent University of the Third Age course in Cambridge was about the advances in AI.
Within a few years AI is likely to exceed the intelligence of human beings. When we scan the skies for intelligent life elsewhere we may come across civilisations (e.g. via SETI) that may not be sentient.
What is consciousness? I think it is beings that are self-aware. Although vast computers may have vast amounts of knowledge, this is not the same as self-awareness and consciousness.
I can imagine some planets even slightly more advanced than ours which have AI far more advanced than ours.
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