You should check out the sci fi book Blindsight by Peter Watts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight_(Watts_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight

You should check out the sci fi book Blindsight by Peter Watts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight_(Watts_novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight_(Watts_novel) It's a first contact story about an alien species that doesn't have consciousness.