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The aliens metaphor is already on Scott's blog: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=10169#comment-2041386
The AI-as-aliens metaphor has existed for a lot longer
One of the classic sequence posts plays with the concept: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien-message
But in a uno reverse twist, its the humans that are a metaphor for AI, with them manipulating out thinking the aliens from within the simulation.
It's amazing, I saw it once randomly yesterday from some obnoxious bluskyer and I saw it a dozen more times today. It's nice they all got the press release!