Alien life has been a mainstay and fascination of #scifi, but who–or what–might actually be out there: biological life, artificial intelligence, or maybe some combination of both? 👽🤖 It took only 200,000 years—a blip on the cosmic timeline—for the first sparks of intelligent life to invent artificial intelligence here on Earth. And since space is big, and life is short—at least biological life as we know it—it may be that chatter on the cosmic airwaves is dominated by a spectacular spectrum of A.I. Former astronaut Mike Massimino will be moderating a conversation with leaders in philosophy, astrobiology, evolutionary biology and A.I. as they wrestle with the subject of how life down here might be might be a thoroughly misleading guide to life up there. Will you be there? Program details: bit.ly/whoisoutthere . . . . . #worldsciencefestival #wsf18 #science #fiction #aliens #biology #artificialintelligence #newyork #newyorkcity #program #events #astrobiology #evolutionarybiology #phi...