Agreed. However, as I detailed in the last paragraph, this dilemma is also usable as an alignment target: the evil colonizer/the evil AI created by us will eagerly wipe the primitive races (for that matter, does this include us?), while the good explorer will respect the primitive races and try to protect them from the evil colonisers (and, upon reflection, of other threats like self-destruction?)
Agreed. However, as I detailed in the last paragraph, this dilemma is also usable as an alignment target: the evil colonizer/the evil AI created by us will eagerly wipe the primitive races (for that matter, does this include us?), while the good explorer will respect the primitive races and try to protect them from the evil colonisers (and, upon reflection, of other threats like self-destruction?)