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Our Murderbot does, however, have opinions about humans, as well as a sense of self-preservation.

Russell admits "self-preservation" led him to downplaying the initial symptoms of his tumour.

He had self-hate and self-preservation; he craved fame and success, but he lost his anonymity.

But in an accompanying report, it also acknowledged the AI model was capable of "extreme actions" if it thought its "self-preservation" was threatened.

One assumes that even if the judiciary is only operating out of an instinct self-preservation it might want to push back against that kind of direct threat.