How do you specify the “Humans have virtual reality tech with ability to create [wide range of possibilities]” exactly? What’s to prevent the AI from killing all existing humans, creating from some vats some new “humans” that technically meet the definition of “human” but really just do whatever the AI finds most convenient, and giving them the virtual reality tech? And if you do manage to specify “humans” correctly, well, the AI could arrange for particular humans (the ones that are easily manipulable into doing what it wants) to get the tech.
How do you specify the “Humans have virtual reality tech with ability to create [wide range of possibilities]” exactly? What’s to prevent the AI from killing all existing humans, creating from some vats some new “humans” that technically meet the definition of “human” but really just do whatever the AI finds most convenient, and giving them the virtual reality tech? And if you do manage to specify “humans” correctly, well, the AI could arrange for particular humans (the ones that are easily manipulable into doing what it wants) to get the tech.