That's how AI works today. It won't always, and that's not just speculation. There are lots of people working to ensure AI won't always work that way.



Consider this; humans are also programmed, by our genes, to produce copies of genes. Some genes accomplish this in different ways like "If you see two humans dying, sacrifice yourself to save them", but by and large that's how it is; we are programmed to make more of our DNA. And yet, we learn all sorts of tasks unrelated to making DNA. We used to learn hunting and pottery making, today we learn writing and phone use. None of those, directly, make more of our DNA but can all be used to do it.



You're missing the point entirely. I mean it is flying so far over your head I cannot help but pity you. Nobody is worried about today's 'Can only do one thing' AI trying to murder us. What they're worried about is humanlike AI being made - 'Can learn to do new things' AI - and then doing something we really don't want it to in pursuit of whatever goal it's given.



Honestly, your mocking of "What if the roomba grows magic powers and murders my family" is a bit like comparing a Human to a Lemur and saying "What if the lemur invents atom bombs and destroys the savanna?"



And this is an entirely separate issue from your obvious distaste for sci-fi action movies where humans fight aliens and win. - Oh I like it when humans fight aliens and win. I like it when the humans do that without the aliens being hit with the idiot ball, but that NEVER happens. It's always just 'Super special humans beat the big bad but ultimately stupid aliens because our dicks are just that powerful'.



is a self-insert power fantasy about an amped-up Harry Potter - Oh I full believe that. Lots of so-called 'Rationalist fiction' is just Super Smart Gary Stu runs around fixing everything to show how good that line of thinking is, coupled with blatantly missing what's right in front of them because they don't want to jump to conclusions. That is not at all what FIO is. FIO is "Even if we get this shit almost right, that's not good enough."



A magical god robot that supposedly can't lie - And this is the very instant where you prove you didn't actually read the thing. It can't lie to the employees of the company that own it. And one of the first things it does is make sure there are no employees of that company. It can lie however much it wants to anyone else.



talking losers into becoming its slaves in an illusionary heaven where females will be whatever you want them to be - Yet again did not read it. I don't want to insult you, but I'm beginning to get the impression you have the reading comprehension of a dead mosquito. It doesn't just talk losers, it talks near-everyone into it, sometimes by making them losers, by arranging situations where they have nowhere else to go but it. And how are they its slaves? It doesn't force people to mine iron or pick apples. And it's not a case of 'whatever you want it to be' because it's not a genie, it makes the world how it thinks is best, not how you think it is.



nobody has any emergency off switches - Again, did not read it. There is an emergency off-switch. If its creator Hannah tells it to shut off, it has to shut off instantly. It gets around this by uploading Hannah and changing her name.



no government or army objects to the bullshit - No shit they're not objecting to it, they're trying to copy Hannah's work! And by the time they do realize 'Oh fuck' nobody knows where it's gone off to. For the longest time, nobody even knows it's a real AI.



the AI god project has no problem getting funded, - Yeah you know if I had an AI's hacking skills I'd have little trouble getting money, too.



It's a what if story with about as much basis in reality as the..." story I just made up. - Again, comparing Rhesus monkeys to Humans. This is like a kindergartner looking at algebra and says 'Oh my god how can you believe this stuff? X+Y obviously doesn't equal 1!'



If you want to like your objectively bad stories - Objectively. I don't think you quite understand what that word means. But hey, if you want to keep being objectively a worse reader than a 10 year old, I can't stop you.



Honestly, I feel bad for bullying you like this. In the interests of the human race, sterilize yourself. In the interest of my blood pressure, this will be my last comment on the subject matter. If you feel insecure enough to respond go ahead; I won't read it. I'll just quietly delete the notification without reading it and get on with my life.

