I find your reply to be right on. Morality is more than a numbers game. So is sympathy. I suppose I'm not trustful of society in general, people will do what serves them best, not necessarily what is best for the common good. Interpretation of AI being "Evil" in this connotation (when extrapolating into the future) means to me that people may not be given a choice, a choice will be selected for them, therefore "bad or evil". In that case, where is the real "evil". I'd be interested in peoples thoughts about how one might assess "pain". Emotional pain might be hard to measure, but health, quality of life, infrastructure, death, economic well being can be measured. How about fairness and equality. Is equality a moral issue?