A general AI, especially a "malevolent" one, is such a mind-blowingly powerful entity that these questions are rather pointless. A self-improving GAI could rapi

A general AI, especially a "malevolent" one, is such a mind-blowingly powerful entity that these questions are rather pointless. A self-improving GAI could rapidly take over the planet and have a myriad ways of "controlling humans". I'd be far more concerned with other humans messing with it. And before that, just bugs and other damage.