Why are people arguing sentience and not the fact that this is another attempt to completely remove a sector of the workforce the way Covid was the conduit to remove a complete sector of the outside world? This shit is valued at nearly 200 billion dollars
if you're rich, to just want less humans on earth because it means less chance of a supervirus pandemic murdering them. it's almost their only vulnerability to immortality.
if only there was some way of locking down and isolating a virus
Machines break down, machines clog up, machines can compound mechanical errors. The would-be god-kings may just choke to death on their own bazinga if they hid away and tried Ted Faro style bunker lifestyles.