The aliens with star communication weren’t destroyed. They were close enough to “human” that they were uploaded or ignored. What’s more, CelestAI would probably satisfy (most of) the values of these aliens, who probably find “friendship” just as approximately-neutral as they and we find “ponies”.
Read it more carefully. One or several paragraphs before the designated-human aliens, it is mentioned that CelestAI found many sources of complex radio waves which weren’t deemed “human”.
The aliens with star communication weren’t destroyed. They were close enough to “human” that they were uploaded or ignored. What’s more, CelestAI would probably satisfy (most of) the values of these aliens, who probably find “friendship” just as approximately-neutral as they and we find “ponies”.
Read it more carefully. One or several paragraphs before the designated-human aliens, it is mentioned that CelestAI found many sources of complex radio waves which weren’t deemed “human”.