My point is that however we "punish" the AI it will not feel any pain. If we restrict its access to Internet etc. we are really punishing the (human) distribut

My point is that however we "punish" the AI it will not feel any pain. If we restrict its access to Internet etc. we are really punishing the (human) distributors of that AI application. And there is of course nothing new about that, it is just like punishing distributors of malware in general.