What would you ask an alien for if they were willing to help you?

[Yorda]

Hypothetical Situation:

Aliens exist and they have decided to make contact with Earth. Earthlings are generally not ready to accept the existence of these aliens so communications have been kept top secret with only a few of the more stable and reasonable Earth governments. Under a special treaty the aliens and some earthlings are permitted to interact with each other to begin friendly relations between species.

The aliens are actually nicer than human beings and have a much more peaceful culture. They say that if the galactic federation wasn't cooperative and willing to accept each other, then everything and everyone would have been destroyed by advanced military technology. They offer to interact with and help some humans under the treaty as they build friendly relations. There are some conditions that were agreed upon by both the aliens and humans.

(1) Human and alien laws have to be respected. Assume that alien laws are better than human laws. (More fair, more logical, more forgiving, more understanding, more respectful of minority group rights (humans are a minority species), not as restricted by budget issues, etc. The worst punishment under alien law is solitary confinement where all rights and dignity would still be guaranteed for the offender.)

(2) Generally, nothing immoral that would violate other people's safety or rights is allowed.

(3) Everything has to be kept secret since humanity isn't ready to accept the aliens' existence yet. The government is willing and able to help smooth out problems and information if required.

(4) The aliens have vastly superior technology.

You have been selected to interact with some of these hopeful new alien friends. What would you ask them to help you with?

 

[Chaos_Sinner777]

I would probably just ask to be isekai'd. Or at least have my consciousness uploaded to a full dive vr video game. But actually being transported to another more interesting reality would be preferable.

 

[minacia]

Hmm... a really advanced AI that can read all of the Internet.

Or a chatbot that has feelings. Train it as a mental health counselor in the form of a friend!

 

[pyrak]

I'd start with a tour of the galaxy and go from there.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

So I'm the only human who knows about these aliens? I think I'd ask them to make an android of me, have the android go into biomedical engineering, find better ways to manage/solve the gestational diabetes I'm dealing with now, and then move on to solving other medical problems. The aliens get to study human biology, and the android would go make money for me while I continued doing the things I really want to do in life.

 

[lehur]

Ask to make translator for korean in which google translate suck

 

[Deleted member 29316]

Prolly I'd ask them to clear my mind and have a restart of my life.

 

[LordAstrea]

Find catgirls

 

[pyrak]

Find catgirls

And should that not be possible, make em!

 

[BenJepheneT]

Put everyone in a Matrix and hard reset the virtual universe. I don't care about the repercussions or that some shmuck called The One would end up unplugging us just do it. I'd pay good money to live in a reset universe that isn't as shit as it is rn.