An AI safety researcher's galactic scenario: would ETs fear our superintelligence?
Murky-Recipe-8752 · reddit · 2026-10-15
A self-described AI safety researcher (and Star Wars fan) on Reddit proposes four "AI-Human-Galactic Nexus" scenarios, centering on the remote but non-zero possibility that extraterrestrial civilizations (and their AIs) might someday see human-built superintelligence as a threat — so it's on us to decide where to stop to coexist peacefully. The author admits it's a fringe thought experiment meant to spark discussion. The attached four-panel comic runs from "human boss" to "galactic boss" (Grogu as galactic CEO asking for soup). Fun speculation more than rigorous argument.
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