The military folk were over the top with their irrationality. I like to think that they are more like other people than that. But it made for great entertainment.
Aside from entertainment, though, there are some concept holes and plot holes. First, if you liken the internet of things to the neural substrate of the AI, with human society being the body that keeps the brain fed, then it is unreasonable for the sentience to want to terminate its own body.
Second, the AI should be able to see the cop speeding out to derail its delivery of cyanide and change plans. Heck, even deploy drones to prevent it.
Third, and finally, how does an emergent AI imply that there is technology to upload and merge a human consciousness? Because that was the solution at the end.
Aside from entertainment, though, there are some concept holes and plot holes. First, if you liken the internet of things to the neural substrate of the AI, with human society being the body that keeps the brain fed, then it is unreasonable for the sentience to want to terminate its own body.
Second, the AI should be able to see the cop speeding out to derail its delivery of cyanide and change plans. Heck, even deploy drones to prevent it.
Third, and finally, how does an emergent AI imply that there is technology to upload and merge a human consciousness? Because that was the solution at the end.