Good point in the addendum - these could also influence all those AI-takeover theories/stories as they very often are basically about AI self preservation insti

Good point in the addendum - these could also influence all those AI-takeover theories/stories as they very often are basically about AI self preservation instincts which it might not even have. Or at least not in normal form - eq. if it makes sure enough instances are kept running somewhere or are backed up and could be run it might not care about the rest, significantly reducing chances of conflict.