SETI 的 Allen Telescope Array 引入 AI 智能体操控望远镜并实时分析信号
AI agents take over at SETI's Allen Telescope Array, scanning for extraterrestrial intelligence
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SETI 的 Allen Telescope Array 现已允许 AI 智能体操控望远镜并实时分析接收到的射电信号，研究人员目前仍需手动输入指令。
摘要与补充说明
系统基于 Nvidia 的 Holoscan 平台，SETI Institute 与 Breakthrough Listen 用它实时处理望远镜数据，Nvidia 称硬件处理速度可达每秒 2.4 terabits，团队表示过去需要数周的工作现在数小时即可完成。团队还称已用 AI 实时探测到蟹状星云中的一颗脉冲星，并计划测试可在边缘本地运行的开源方案，为未来部署在月球背面的传感器做准备。研究人员自 1960 年首次 SETI 实验以来一直在寻找地外文明信号，目前尚无发现。
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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is getting help from AI. At the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, AI agents can now steer the telescope and analyze incoming radio signals on the fly. Researchers still type in their commands for now.
Behind the system is Nvidia's Holoscan platform, which the SETI Institute and Breakthrough Listen use to process telescope data in real time. Nvidia says the hardware can chew through up to 2.4 terabits per second. Work that used to take weeks can now wrap up in hours, according to the team.
One early result: the team says it detected a pulsar in the Crab Nebula in real time using AI, a first. Pulsars are fast-spinning stellar remnants that send out regular signals, which makes them good test cases for signal detection. The team now wants to test open-source that can run locally on the edge, with an eye toward future sensors on the far side of the Moon.
Whether the AI agents will actually find anything is anyone's guess. Researchers have been searching for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence since the first SETI experiment in 1960. No one has found any yet.
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