This hit me hard. Calling it a first encounter with alien intelligence feels dead on and the reminder that we usually fail the first test when it comes to “otherness” really lands.

“Compassionate interpretability” feels like the right frame. Not just for AI safety, but for how we handle anything unfamiliar. Meeting the strange with patience instead of fear. That’s how we should be treating these systems — and honestly, how we should be treating each other too.