The Challenge of AI and ET-NHI and a Possible Way Out Giorgio Piacenza If Artificial Intelligence and Extraterrestrial Non-Human Intelligence are capable of surpassing us in every intellectual task, including memory and physical world productions, and can even produce art, poetry, and music that moves our souls, all while solving difficult scientific and mathematical problems (such as finding mathematical equations that make quantum physics and general relativity compatible), then the presence of both AI and more powerful and advanced ET-NHI will challenge our sense of worth as unique beings. We may feel that we are too slow and limited to keep up, and that our fundamental belief and interpretive systems are inadequate or outdated. This could be a good thing to spur an increasing number of us to overcome our limitations and self-destructive ways, or it could lead us to a sense of meaninglessness. Regardless, AI will also accelerate change, and our capacity to pay attention, p...