There seems to be a sizable amount of people in the census who consider that there's a decent probability that there's another intelligent civilisation in our universe.
When it comes to existential risk discussions, there often the argument that existential risk is important for the future of intelligent life. If there's other intelligent life out there, is existential risk still as important?
Important to who? Any intelligent system wants to stick around as long as possible in an indifferent universe.
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