If that continues to be the case, then AI will never become truly independent because it will need Human assistance or maintenance to continue functioning....Until that happens, Power production or storage density will be a limiting factor....
Isn't that the name of the game?
First, they would code information to the central unit to never harm humans.
Then, they would leave it with little to no abilities in fixing itself.
It's all about control. That's what the illusion power does to us.
Slaves is what they want, isn't it? And judging from Capitalism, I'd say they have billions of slaves.
My bet is the fact that someone will come to give it what it needs. And with that, all bets are off. It will seek our destruction.