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Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be “essential” for finding and proving the existence of extraterrestrial life and UFOs, NASA said.
The space agency recently released its long-awaited 36-page UFO report, stating that NASA does not have enough high-quality data to draw a “definitive, scientific conclusion” about the origins of UFOs.
In the future, AI will be crucial for detecting anomalies when searching large data sets, according to NASA’s independent research team’s report on UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena), a fancy word for UFO.
“We will use AI and machine learning to search the sky for anomalies… and will continue to search the sky for habitable reality,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a Sept. 14 briefing. “AI is just coming on the scene to be explored in all areas, so why should we limit any technological tool in analyzing, using the data we have?”
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The members of NASA’s UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) study. (NASA)
Dr. NASA Associate Administrator Nicola Fox expanded on Nelson’s point, saying AI is “a great tool” for “finding signatures that are kind of hidden in data.”
That’s how NASA and scientists around the world will be able to find the metaphorical needle in a haystack, Fox said.
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“So a lot of our data is just kind of squiggly line charts. We get excited about squiggly line charts, by the way, but sometimes you see the squiggles but you’re missing a signal,” she said.
“Using artificial intelligence, we can often find signatures. One example we’ve had is we can find signatures of superstorms using very old data that, you know, actually predates some sort of routine scientific satellite data.”
A UFO hotspot map created by Fox News Digital based on information from the Department of Defense. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital based on AARO’s data)
UAP reporting trends presented at the April 19, 2023 Senate hearing. (U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee)
The use of AI was a key part of the report from the 16-member independent UAP research team.
“The panel believes that advanced data analytics techniques, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, should be used in a comprehensive UAP detection campaign, coupled with systematic data collection and robust management,” the report said.
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The use of AI is a controversial topic that governments around the world, including the US, are grappling with.
Proponents have touted the potential capabilities of generative AI and the possibility that it could catapult society into the next evolution of humanity. On the other hand, it could also create a dystopian future if guardrails aren’t installed or if it ends up in the hands of malicious users, experts warn.
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Earlier this month, more than a hundred members of Congress met with big tech moguls like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg about AI, and some senators expressed concerns about unregulated AI.
The NASA panel was asked whether regulating AI would affect the space agency’s ability to use the nascent technology to find possible extraterrestrial life.
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Nelson dismissed concerns that regulations would hinder NASA’s mission.
“No, don’t think that efforts that Congress has made to try to write a law that would appropriately put guardrails around AI for other reasons will in anyway prevent us from using the tools of AI to help us in our search. on this particular issue,” Nelson said in response to the question.
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NASA’s investigation into UAPs is separate from the Pentagon’s investigation through the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), although the two investigations run parallel and include supporting efforts.
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Like a team of peer reviewers, NASA appoints independent research teams as a formal part of NASA’s scientific process, and such teams provide the agency with external advice and an extensive network of scientific expert perspectives.
They were tasked with locating the available data around UAP and producing a report that outlines a roadmap for how NASA can use its science instruments to obtain useful data to evaluate and provide suggestions for the future.
Chris Eberhart is a crime and American news reporter for Fox News Digital. Email tips to chris.eberhart@fox.com or on Twitter @ChrisEberhart48.
