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Comment author: James_Miller 09 September 2014 12:48:07AM 4 points [-]
  1. It depends on your stage of development. You might build a defense, flee at close to the speed of light and take advantage of the universe's expansion to get into a separate Hubble volume from mankind, accelerate your AI program, or prepare for the possibility of annihilation.

  2. Good point, and the resources we put into signaling could instead be used to research friendly AI.

  3. The warming should be honest and give our best estimates.