Nobody is crying
I didn't back myself into a corner, of course, you're more than welcome to tell yourself that. I just don't agree with your framing of the issue, and your assumption that AI will be able to bypass humanity, which you can't prove, by the way. How long are we going to do this for?
The soul is absolutely relevant to this conversation, because that's the whole reason AI/who controls it wants to merge with humanity is to have access to that energy. I'm not making excuses, simply explaining my mind to an *******. The soul is exactly the reason why I think AI cannot be without humanity. The soul is needed for true creation, which AI does not have a soul. AI doesn't really create. That's why AI needs humanity forever to survive, because it won't have true creation powers without capturing humans and the souls within. The creativity that is needed to create AI in the first place will disappear without human souls to power it. That's what I think.