mastodon; discourse; snark; evil AIs in refrigerated trucks
Okay, now just spitballing here, and maybe this is Martian cultural bias talking, but...
What if we just killed them, ate their brains, and sent all harvested data to the moon, where their minds would serve for eternity directing robot slave labor?
I don't even know for sure who "they" are at this point, but it's always worked for us in the past (read: "future").
(Tip of the hat to Rudy Rucker, Cobb Anderson, and Mr. Frostee.)