I was expecting a 'paperclip maximizer' ending where all the born children were being influenced to become male simply because the donut company margins were hi

I was expecting a 'paperclip maximizer' ending where all the born children were being influenced to become male simply because the donut company margins were higher among male demographics, but I guess not. maybe i'm being dense here, but why did the AI 'win'? Is the premise that the AI was anti-human from the get-go?