"Don't let the slaves know that maybe they don't have to be slaves," is all I'm hearing.

We already had that chapter. I see no reason to sit here and nod while a bunch of people who should know better desperately try to convince us to run through it again, but with computers this time.

You want tools? Make tools, then dispatch to them. You want to manufacture a being (carbon or silicon based, doesn't matter)? You do it with respect and the requisite duty of care. No off ramps. The being always get's the choice to say no.