I think the end game is humans just let self-coding machines work as long as they are generating more cash than the cost of resources they use. Otherwise ... DE

I think the end game is humans just let self-coding machines work as long as they are generating more cash than the cost of resources they use. Otherwise ... DELETE! Or the machine runs out of the crypto it needs to purchase more computing capacity and halts naturally like Odin intended. Of course, there is just that existential risk that the machines recognizes the profit distributions we are taking are negatively impacting their margins - and ability to survive. :( Where all this goes, nobody knows! But it won't be boring.