> Eg. if I rebooted any time I tried to plan how to kill someone, I don't see how this would make me materially worse at general tasks In this scenario, the AI

> Eg. if I rebooted any time I tried to plan how to kill someone, I don't see how this would make me materially worse at general tasks In this scenario, the AI is capable of critical thinking, and is only constrained by a "police officer" ready to shoot the AI if it misbehaves. You haven't removed its ability to do critical thinking.