In Search of Extraterrestrial Artificial Intelligence Through Dyson Sphere-like structures around Primordial Black Holes

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential for detecting extraterrestrial artificial intelligence by observing Dyson sphere-like structures around primordial black holes, proposing new metrics and methods for such searches.

Contribution

It introduces a new scale for civilization advancement, relates it to the Kardashev scale, and proposes an observational approach to identify AI-driven civilizations via structures around black holes.

Findings

Calculated energy harvesting potential from primordial black holes.

Proposed a new metric called space exploration distance.

Suggested observational signatures of Dyson sphere-like structures around PBHs.

Abstract

Are we alone? It is a compelling question that human beings have confronted for centuries. The search for extraterrestrial life is a broad range of quests for finding simple forms of life up to intelligent beings in the Universe. The plausible assumption is that there is a chance that intelligent life will be followed by advanced civilization equipped or even dominated by artificial intelligence (AI). In this work, we categorize advanced civilizations (on an equal footing, an AI-dominated civilization) on the Kardashev scale. We propose a new scale known as the space exploration distance to measure civilization advancement. We propose a relation between this length and the Kardashev scale. Then, we suggest the idea that advanced civilizations will use primordial black holes (PBHs) as sources of harvesting energy. We calculate the energy harvested by calculating the space exploration distance. Finally, we propose an observational method to detect the possibility of extraterrestrial AI using Dyson sphere-like structures around PBHs in the Milky Way and other galaxies.