I agree. The theme of artificial intelligence permeates the alien films. All of them. Yes it is in the subtext, but it is there no less. But there is also the sheer wonder, and marvel of alien organic life which grows into horror. There is a beauty in the design of the Aliens which allows the films to operate on an entirely different, sublime level. The Predators are just space hicks out on a hunt. The only way to make Predators more compatible with the ideas of Alien, is to make them cease to be hunters and to explore their biology and society instead. But that would rob the predators of their greatest virtue - that they are HUNTERS. Such a Predator film that is not about hunting, is no longer a Predator film, by definition. Nobody wants to see doctor predators, or librarian predators, or single-mom predators, unless you're venturing into comedy / spoof territory.
