>> I wonder what would happen if one day we were to build probes piloted
>> by an artificial intelligence which met up in deep space with an alien
>> probe piloted by an ai.   Seems a lot more likely to happen that way
>> than by two biological crews.
> Two rather small objects like that would probably just pass each other
> in the night, unless they were somehow programed to deal with such an
> event.
Well i can't imagine them not being programmed to check up on
any sort of blip or high energy emissions it detected.  Especially
something metallic/plastic moving very fast.
> In our craft, we are depending on an intelligence that would
> first detect, then intercept, then inspect our probe. ...All this
> before they can prepare their invasion forces.
;)  There's an optimistic note
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