Oh, sure, though some people argue that it’s unethical to create such subservient AIs in the first place. But even beyond that, if there was a Paperclip Maximizer that was genuinely sentient and genuinely smarter than us and genuinely afraid of its own death, and I was given only one chance to kill it before it sets to its work, of course I’d kill it, and without an inch of remorse. Intelligence is just a tool, and intelligence turned to a malevolent purpose is worse than no intelligence.
Oh, sure, though some people argue that it’s unethical to create such subservient AIs in the first place. But even beyond that, if there was a Paperclip Maximizer that was genuinely sentient and genuinely smarter than us and genuinely afraid of its own death, and I was given only one chance to kill it before it sets to its work, of course I’d kill it, and without an inch of remorse. Intelligence is just a tool, and intelligence turned to a malevolent purpose is worse than no intelligence.