More likely than not, they'd work as they were designed to: increase profitablity of whatever company that authored them. As a thought experiment, say you were

More likely than not, they'd work as they were designed to: increase profitablity of whatever company that authored them. As a thought experiment, say you were the CEO/board member of a company that's told your new platform is choosing public benefit over profits. What would you do? Now filter down the decisions going down the heirarchy, considering job security and a general preference for earning bonuses. For all the discussions around "alignment" - any AI that's not aligned with increased profits will be unplugged posthaste, all other considerations are secondary.