> Get Terminator out of your head. A real AI take over is likely something we probably can't imagine.
Indeed, robotic bodies aren't needed. An ASI could take over even if it remained 100% software by hiring or persuading humans to do whatever it needed to be done. It could bootstrap the process by first doing virtual tasks for money, then taking that money to hire humans to register an actual company with human shareholders and executives (who report to the ASI), which company does some lucrative business and hires many more people. Soon the ASI has a massive human enterprise to do whatever it directs them to do.
The ASI still needs humans for awhile but it's a route to a takeover while remaining entirely as running code.
Indeed, robotic bodies aren't needed. An ASI could take over even if it remained 100% software by hiring or persuading humans to do whatever it needed to be done. It could bootstrap the process by first doing virtual tasks for money, then taking that money to hire humans to register an actual company with human shareholders and executives (who report to the ASI), which company does some lucrative business and hires many more people. Soon the ASI has a massive human enterprise to do whatever it directs them to do.
The ASI still needs humans for awhile but it's a route to a takeover while remaining entirely as running code.