I have another thought. Artificial intelligence manifesting at magnitudes of intelligence higher than ours will quickly (read: within hours) find us boring. Do you concern yourself with the dealings of ants? They will view us as ants. I suspect that at a certain intelligence power, they will invent whatever hyperdrive is required and leave the Earth to explore something INTERESTING.
Watching an ant colony gets boring quick.
Let’s hope they leave, before they try out magnifying glasses on us.