“Because they are machines, and therefore cannot own property, especially not Intellectual Property, they won't have economic incentives to cheat and steal, or

“Because they are machines, and therefore cannot own property, especially not Intellectual Property, they won't have economic incentives to cheat and steal, or even be bribed.” What matters is not whether the government says you own something, but whether you actually have control over that thing. You can effectively own something without others having to agree that you own it. AIs are agents that take actions to achieve a goal, and it’s easier to do that if you have more control. Since they don’t have human values unless we find a way to specifically add that, an AI, given the opportunity (which current AIs don’t really have) would be even more likely to seek control than a human