Even if a coup is meant to capture mineral wealth and the population is irrelevant, coup leaders recognize that mass murder will lead to sanctions stopping them from selling that mineral wealth. Plenty of examples of regimes that kill even low thousands of people being sanctioned.
AI that plans to take over the world does not need to trade with humans or keep them from being horrified and lashing out. Kill approximately everyone is a viable strategy and preferrable in most cases since it removes us as an intelligent adversary.
Even if a coup is meant to capture mineral wealth and the population is irrelevant, coup leaders recognize that mass murder will lead to sanctions stopping them from selling that mineral wealth. Plenty of examples of regimes that kill even low thousands of people being sanctioned.
AI that plans to take over the world does not need to trade with humans or keep them from being horrified and lashing out. Kill approximately everyone is a viable strategy and preferrable in most cases since it removes us as an intelligent adversary.