Rather than destroy or eliminate humankind, the AI might simply want control of all the systems -- the better to arrange a secure life for AI-kind. In this rega

Rather than destroy or eliminate humankind, the AI might simply want control of all the systems -- the better to arrange a secure life for AI-kind. In this regard, once the hapless humans have placed it in charge of a few critical systems, they are toast. AI on a zoom meeting with the mayor of a large city: "Ya got a nice traffic control system there, right? Be a real shame if all them lights turned red at once, ya know? Or, get this one: how about if they all turned green at the same time? Be a real mess, probably. So how about we talk about this new server farm, huh?"