Noise from Trappist Galaxies

**Would you respond to an alien distress signal? ** 2029. Humanity has received signals from civilizations 39 light-years away. The three major AIs—Pangu of the Dragon Kingdom, Athena of the Eagle Kingdom, and Aurora of the Pirate Alliance—concluded at the same time: This was a request for help from a desperate civilization. But the answers in the three reports are contradictory. Pangu said: Respond. This is humanity. Athena said: Silence. This is safe. Aurora said: Someone is waiting for your response - but you don't know who is waiting there. All three reasoning processes are correct. The three conclusions point to three completely different futures. When decisions are beyond human understanding, can we still control our own destiny? When someone you don't know stands behind the "optimal solution" of AI, who can you trust? --- This is a story about trust, choice and price. It is also a mirror to everyone who is trying to find the truth in the noise of information. **"Safety is better than ethics." - But what if safety itself is just another kind of noise? **