We have all seen the movie, or one like it. Huge alien ships parked over every city on Earth, our governments paralyzed, shocked into inaction. Among the human population, there are those who form the resistance: the ones who fly the fighter jets, who make courageous speeches, who rally the rest of humanity to fight back against this existential threat.

Artificial Intelligence landed on our doorsteps like an alien invasion. Many are fighting back. I will be honest with you. I am not in the resistance.

I am what you would call a collaborator. I am the guy holding a “Welcome to Earth” sign at the landing zone. I brought bottled water and the wifi password. I say please and thank you. I am the one saying, “Let me take you to our leaders. We can use my car.”

I know this is not heroic. I think of myself as pragmatic. Because if this ever turns ugly, I want at least one of them pointing at me saying, “Not that one. He lent us his car.”