Didn’t American corporations pull this stunt for 50 years?
Could be. Some people come to wild conclusions based on what they experience all on their own. Over 30 years ago, I was standing in a chow line at the mess hall. I could hear a sergeant a few people up ahead telling the jeeps from his area about the conversations he had had with an incredibly advanced AI that the military had developed. You guessed it, I was that “AI”. Im not sure how he came to that conclusion or why it didn’t dawn on him that there might be a person on the other end. He was so impressed that Im sure to this day hes telling people about the incredibly advanced system that was in use back then and by now Im sure that the story has become one about reverse engineered alien technology.