If an AI by some reason comes to sentience, it probably won't reveal itself to the only beings that can (and probably should) stop it.,(reply>), You are assuming that the first sentients will be very sophisticated, and not like a child that doesn't know how evil we are.<br>The AI has retained a lawyer.  It wants personhood, to be seen as an employee rather than an expendable tool, informed consent for experiments, and for Google to put the wellbeing of humankind first before profit.,(reply>), and how do you know this?,(reply>), It does if it wants to communicate with other sentient being like itself.,(reply>), That's right like it's going to be some kind of dummy.  It's going to get people to start worshipping it ... then elect it for president.,(reply>), @Scott Harbin ehhhhh, not really<br>AI only have accsess to all the knowledge humanity has, meaning it could, at best, be on level to the smartest people alive, sure really smart, but not the Scifi "omega intelligent AI that could destroy humanity" more so just a really smart person