The case where an extraterrestrial message is decoded is even more startling. Astronomer Jill Tarter, a pioneer in the field of SETI, believes an extraterrestrial message, unambiguously decoded, might be “a missionary campaign without prece…38. For the historical discussion on theological implications of extraterrestrial life see Michael J. Crowe, “A History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate,” Zygon 32 (June 1997): 147–162; Dick, The Biological Universe and R. O. Randolph, M…
Jill Tarter
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Jill Tarter is a leading figure in SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) whose work interrogates what contact with non-human intelligence would mean for human civilization and knowledge systems. In the course readings, she appears as a theorist of the epistemic and theological disruption that decoding an extraterrestrial message would produce—a concern central to how the seminar thinks about AI and machine learning as encounters with altered forms of intelligence and communication. Her work anchors discussions about the stakes of recognizing and interpreting signals from radically "other" intelligences, whether extraterrestrial or artificial.
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