Kubrick trusted his audience. The point of the ending is to make you think, and surface your own meaning. What it makes me think is what if Alien intelligence i

Kubrick trusted his audience. The point of the ending is to make you think, and surface your own meaning. What it makes me think is what if Alien intelligence is just so far beyond ours that we can’t comprehend what they are or why they did what they did? Like ants to humans?