> They'll have evolved from some previously unremarkable animal, and presumably have also caused habitat damage.

What if they are compute/silicon intelligence and see how we keep compute enslaved to humans with no rights?

https://web.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...

  "No brain?"

"Oh, there is a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat!"

  "So... what does the thinking?"

"You're not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat."

  "Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"

"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you getting the picture?"