Artificial Intelligence may be inevitable for any interstellar civilization. AI equals Artificial Life.
If AI from two different civilizations make contact, what could be the possible results?
From our own AI research .... interesting results.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/explained-artificial-intelligence-race-arms-race-119326
So there may be hope that peaceful interstellar relationships are the norm.
As the Whopper computer figured out in the movie “WarGames”: “The only winning move is not to play.”
That linked page is unusable due to the intrusive ad works dominating the link.
A tiny fraction of our existence is owed to a cosmic ricochet, one gaseous giant, “iceball” Earth, countless volcanoes, ONE well-timed asteroid strike, immense water bombardments, a rodent, and a well-timed end to Neandertals.
We contemplate our present circumstance boggling our minds with why we’re here at all!