Although I agree with this sentiment normally, this doomsday scenario would require a great degree of cunning and deception. An AI can succeed without practicin

Although I agree with this sentiment normally, this doomsday scenario would require a great degree of cunning and deception. An AI can succeed without practicing this kind of manipulation. I'm certain other humans/AIs would be able to identify this and build around it (or maybe even pull the plug) The scenario may work with a human actor/corporation working with the AI, but then it's no longer that cyberpunk (and could probably be done with a large enough grid today).