{"ID":2860705,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03973","arxiv_id":"2510.03973","title":"Strategic Communication Protocols for Interstellar Objects Using a Threat-Communication Viability Index and the Information-Communication Paradox","abstract":"Strategic Communication Protocols provide a structured approach for first contact with interstellar objects that demonstrate technological characteristics and high levels of threat. The protocols find their starting point in an ISO Information-Communication Paradox, namely, as our knowledge of an ISO's threatening capabilities increases, the probability of successful communication decreases while the urgency of communication attempts simultaneously intensifies. From this paradox, a Threat-Communication Viability Index is created to describe when the value of communication attempts outweighs strategic silence. The index scores the situation and operates as a decision-making tool for stakeholders tracking an ISO. The communication protocols subsequently outline several diplomatic strategies in cases where the index recommends communication.","short_abstract":"Strategic Communication Protocols provide a structured approach for first contact with interstellar objects that demonstrate technological characteristics and high levels of threat. The protocols find their starting point in an ISO Information-Communication Paradox, namely, as our knowledge of an ISO's threatening capa...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03973","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.03973v1","authors":"[\"David R. Gruber\"]","published":"2025-10-04T23:22:14Z","proceeding":"physics.soc-ph","tasks":"[\"physics.soc-ph\",\"cs.CR\",\"physics.pop-ph\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}