I really recommend you read Bostrom, he really does succinctly argue the relevant positions, if a bit drily.<p>It&#x27;s one of those books that put the arguments so clearly you&#x27;re suddenly catapulted to having a vastly superior knowledge of the subject than someone trying to do simple thought experiments.<p>Both of your arguments look out-dated if you&#x27;re one of the people &#x27;in the know&#x27;.<p>Also, I suggest looking a bit more into what&#x27;s going on in machine learning, it&#x27;s suddenly got far more sophisticated than I personally realized until a couple of months ago when I was chatting to someone developing in it at the moment.