Search for Terrestrial Intelligence

TL;DR

This paper advocates for a new initiative called STI to complement SETI by actively searching for intelligent life within Earth, emphasizing urgency due to existential threats.

Contribution

It proposes the concept of STI as a proactive approach to detect terrestrial intelligence, addressing the need for timely detection amidst global risks.

Findings

SETI has been ongoing for half a century

The urgency of detecting terrestrial intelligence is highlighted

A new program, STI, is proposed as a complementary effort

Abstract

The existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life forms among the thousands of billions of galaxies that dance in the Universe is beyond doubt. Meeting with one of them is only a matter of time. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has been searching for them for only half a century. However, the crucial question today is whether we will have time to establish contact given the multiple threats that humanity puts on itself. Therefore, it seems urgent to launch a program complementary to SETI which could be called STI (Search for Terrestrial Intelligence).