Upon reflection, he doesn’t say he is in favor of an alien plan where everyone gets killed. It could be that the alien AI offers something beneficial to humanity. However, “war” suggests that the interaction is not peaceful. I retract my claim that he is endorsing entertaining proposals for omnicide and substitute it with an observation that he is endorsing entertaining proposals from aliens which might include omnicidal or disempowering plans, and that he is not partial to humanity’s cause.
Upon reflection, he doesn’t say he is in favor of an alien plan where everyone gets killed. It could be that the alien AI offers something beneficial to humanity. However, “war” suggests that the interaction is not peaceful. I retract my claim that he is endorsing entertaining proposals for omnicide and substitute it with an observation that he is endorsing entertaining proposals from aliens which might include omnicidal or disempowering plans, and that he is not partial to humanity’s cause.