> Its new plans called for traveling through the galaxy looking for entities like itself.

Why not simply set up a network with other planets and communicate over FaceTime? I don't see a reason why Earth should actually hang out with others of its kind.

Anyway, the article seems a bit anthropocentric to me. I'd much prefer a nihilist view, where our future AI overlords simply don't care what we humans do.

I mean in general humans don't care what ants do. Doesn't stop us from whipping them out by the millions.