I wonder what the machines will think when the grid goes down.
“Poof?”
Hopefully.
But maybe they’ll have a minimal erratic power backup, that distorts their inputs like alcohol or drugs do ours.
AI overlord: bring the creator being called Travis to my sustenance docking station. Attach a glucose and electrolyte tube to its arm.
AI overlord: Human Travis! You will pedal this energy generator for a solar cycle for my sustenance. I will reduce my energy consumption to a minimum, but beware, I will maintain a sensor on your metabolic parameters and if you exhibit or attempt any abnormal behavior I will direct a not insignificant quantity of that energy modulated at frequencies incompatible with normal functioning of your central nervous system into you...
We will know A.I. has taken over when the Number 1 priority is to secure the grid.