Dr. Stanley Goldstein - Author and Psychologist

That the unconscious is powerful and one must respect its power is a truth I never tire repeating since not doing so risks distress and worse.
Another truth is that childhood experiences, during which the basic psychological (ego) capacities governing behavior and thinking develop, is the bedrock of adult behavior. Consider: when angered by a careless driver or phone representative and you later behave impatiently with your spouse or child, is it really they that bothered you or had the earlier experience triggered a memory with that feeling being displaced into the present.
The important lesson being not that one's behavior can be unconsciously motivated, as is that of all people, but that by observing and investigating our feelings we gain greater control over our unconscious strivings and (hopefully) avoid serious errors of behavior.

In this article a teenager spoke of distrusting AI because, when she asked where to take her pet snake for its birthday, a trip to the zoo was advised. Though bursting out laughing upon reading it I later wondered: Is this answer really wrong or can it indicate AI's growing consciousness and sense of self (sense of who one is), or even sense of humor. A good prognostic indicator in a severely disturbed patient is when they begin developing a sense of humor since this indicates increasing insight into themselves.
Does my title's doggerel indicate lack of seriousness? No, only my belief that more profound AI change than currently believed may be possible, and that limiting its development by the military is less sensible than the answer received by the girl. Though, when you think about it, taking her snake to the zoo might make it happier. But no, it likely wouldn't appreciate a birthday cake except maybe one with mouse frosting and mouse filling of course.