they are not a big threat, but they are annoying (it costs resources to fix the damage they do)
a side effect of e.g. changing the atmosphere
Also, the AI may destroy human civilization without exterminating all humans, e.g. by taking away most of our resources. If the civilization collapses because the cities and factories are taken over by robots, most humans will starve to death, but maybe 100000 will survive in various forests as hunters and gatherers, with no chance to develop civilization again in the future… that’s also quite bad.
It all collapses to the (2) “atoms utility” vs “human instrumental utility.” Preventing starvation or pollution effect for a large group of humans is relatively cheap. Just put all them on a large space station, may be 1 km long.
But disempowerment of humanity and maybe even Earth-destruction are far more likely. Even if we will get small galactic empire of 1000 stars, but will live there as pets devoted any power about Universe future, it is not very good outcome.
Other reasons to kill humans:
they are not a big threat, but they are annoying (it costs resources to fix the damage they do)
a side effect of e.g. changing the atmosphere
Also, the AI may destroy human civilization without exterminating all humans, e.g. by taking away most of our resources. If the civilization collapses because the cities and factories are taken over by robots, most humans will starve to death, but maybe 100000 will survive in various forests as hunters and gatherers, with no chance to develop civilization again in the future… that’s also quite bad.
It all collapses to the (2) “atoms utility” vs “human instrumental utility.” Preventing starvation or pollution effect for a large group of humans is relatively cheap. Just put all them on a large space station, may be 1 km long.
But disempowerment of humanity and maybe even Earth-destruction are far more likely. Even if we will get small galactic empire of 1000 stars, but will live there as pets devoted any power about Universe future, it is not very good outcome.