[ExI] Wrong frequency? Astronomers rethink where to hunt for alien signals

[Keith Henson]

That is a ridiculously low data rate. I can more easily imagine modulated
X-rays.

Keith


On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *John Clark via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Wrong frequency? Astronomers rethink where to hunt
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> *> **GLM 5.2: If this hypothesis is correct, the universe may be teeming
> with super-intelligent life. But they are communicating at 5 bits per day,*
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> *5 bits per day! How could such a "superintelligence" compete against a
> rapidly evolving AI like **Claude Opus 5, or even the village idiot with
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> *It doesn’t.  The competition phase of its existence is long since over. *
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> *The 5 bits per day is the rate it is sending signals out to other
> civilizations.  There’s no big hurry on that signal.  There are good
> reasons to not be too chatty on the outgoing signal.*
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