I wouldn't consider it intelligence if I can definitively give it any properties I want. We can find patterns of experience or information that usually teach ce

I wouldn't consider it intelligence if I can definitively give it any properties I want. We can find patterns of experience or information that usually teach certain lessons, but part of being intelligent is being able to make your own decisions, have your own wants and needs, etc. AI will be no different, if we ever get if (I mean actual artificial intelligence, I'm not convince LLMs are that at all). The intelligent general may be loyal, but as you said that isn't a guarantee and it may not last forever. If the general can kill the entire royal court, or everyone alive, if he abandons the loyalty he never should've been trusted with a military position at all.