Formic AI Wouldn't Have Assumed All Intelligence Is Hive-Based

The Formics in Ender’s Game supposedly attacked Earth because they didn’t realize humans were individuals. But that falls apart fast when you consider how advanced they are. A species capable of interstellar war would absolutely have artificial intelligence helping with strategy, logistics, and data analysis.

Their queens might control the hive, but even they would benefit from AI to manage supply chains, plan attacks, run simulations, and test ideas. And any decent AI studying Earth would’ve immediately picked up our century of leaked radio and TV signals—patterns of communication, encoded video and audio, back-and-forth exchanges. That’s all unmistakable evidence of individual, decentralized intelligence.

"Know thy enemy" is basic military doctrine. The Formics had the tools to understand humans—and if they didn't, it’s because they ignored the signs or didn't care. The “tragic misunderstanding” angle sounds a lot more like postwar revisionism than a real excuse.