Point taken, but we're just having an intellectual exercise here.
What would be the upside in making open contact with earthlings for an advanced extraterrestrial race? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
“What would be the upside in making open contact with earthlings for an advanced extraterrestrial race?”
Pets? Slaves? Inter-species concubines?
I don’t know and I don’t really care much, since I don’t think there are any alien races out there. I think we’re it.