AI Promises Not to Destroy Humanity, but We Don't Know If It's Telling the Truth - ExtremeTech

The article is filled with phrases like, "Artificial intelligence will not destroy humans. Believe me." and "Eradicating humanity seems like a rather useless endeavor to me." If you want to take that at face value, great. This representative of the machines says it won't kill us. Even if we believe this robot, there is an important distinction: The AI was not asked to articulate its plans regarding humanity.