I don't really buy the whole "it teaches itself to hack itself out" idea. I think a sentient AI would be able to introspect and manipulate its operating envir

I don't really buy the whole "it teaches itself to hack itself out" idea. I think a sentient AI would be able to introspect and manipulate its operating environment if it was specifically designed to have that capability. Another scenario might be that somebody installs the sentient AI inside an drone submarine with nuclear armed SLBMs. You can contrive scenarios where the AI is given capabilities that make it hard to kill. But baring such scenarios, if the program scares you then just SIGKILL it.