Amri Wandel - The Singularity, Drake Equation & Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Is the "Technological Singularity" a natural evolutionary process for every intelligent species, and is SETI missing extraterrestrial technosignatures for machine intelligence? Dr. Amri Wandel provides new estimates on the Drake Equation and discusses artificial intelligence, astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Dr. Amri Wandel is a senior scientist in Astrophysics at the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Wandel is an expert in astrobiology and chairman of the Israeli Association of Astrobiology and Early Life. He is also president of the International Academy of Sciences San Marino. His main research topics are high-energy astrophysics, black holes, active galaxies, quasars, and astrobiology. He has published over 100 professional articles in the world's leading journals in the field of astrophysics. Links & Resources: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/will-recent-advances-in-ai-result-in-a-paradigm-shift-in-astrobiology-and-seti/044673CC288498FC3E17C993D296F285 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/reaching-singularity-may-be-humanitys-greatest-and-last-accomplishment-180974528/