The range of possible AIs with full internet access that can’t take over the world at will, but can program a successor that human parties will sufficiently trust to be friendly to make a practical difference in favor of the AI seems very narrow, and might plausibly be an empty set.
Ability to look things up doesn’t imply full internet access. The AI could request material on the subject of AI development, and be given a large, static archive of relevant material.
The range of possible AIs with full internet access that can’t take over the world at will, but can program a successor that human parties will sufficiently trust to be friendly to make a practical difference in favor of the AI seems very narrow, and might plausibly be an empty set.
Ability to look things up doesn’t imply full internet access. The AI could request material on the subject of AI development, and be given a large, static archive of relevant material.