I really recommend you read Bostrom, he really does succinctly argue the relevant positions, if a bit drily. It's one of those books that put the arguments so

I really recommend you read Bostrom, he really does succinctly argue the relevant positions, if a bit drily. It's one of those books that put the arguments so clearly you're suddenly catapulted to having a vastly superior knowledge of the subject than someone trying to do simple thought experiments. Both of your arguments look out-dated if you're one of the people 'in the know'. Also, I suggest looking a bit more into what's going on in machine learning, it's suddenly got far more sophisticated than I personally realized until a couple of months ago when I was chatting to someone developing in it at the moment.