https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2107.09794/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27917705urn:hackerpapers:mention:2107.09794:27917705Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:35:57 GMT<p>https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.09794.pdf &quot;...(SETI) is a scientific endeavor which struggles with unique issues -- a strong indeterminacy in what data to look for and when to do so. This has led to attempts at finding both fundamental limits of the communication between extraterrestrial intelligence and human civilizations, as well as benchmarks so as to predict what kinds of signals we might most expect. Previous work has been formulated in terms of the information-theoretic task of communication, but we instead argue it should be viewed as a detection problem, specifically one-shot (asymmetric)…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2107.09794/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.IThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27917704urn:hackerpapers:submission:2107.09794:27917704Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:35:57 GMT<p>Limits of Detecting Extraterrestrial Civilizations</p><p></p><p>5 points; 2 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2107.09794/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.IT