Considering AI-pornbots are increasing the derivate of the function, they might actually be the right move.

What are the odds the first alien probe to visit the solar system will be a pornbot or some form of marketing droid?

Well, they are both on a mission to a black hole.

AI porn sells, solar sails are a research project at best. There is no money to be made from space flight, only discovery, and unfortunately capitalist forces far outweigh curiosity.

Even the space race wasn't for science but for politically one-upping the others, doubly so because being able to bring a payload into space also demonstrates they can bring a payload anywhere on the world.

At least the AI-pornbots will operate from space. /s