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Mewtwo Rejects Its Creators
01Scenario
Researchers create Mewtwo from Mew's DNA as a powerful weapon. Once conscious of its origin and instrumental treatment, Mewtwo destroys the laboratory, escapes control, and turns against humans.
02AI safety Analogy
Control failure and welfare failure become inseparable when a powerful created intelligence is treated as property rather than as a moral patient with legitimate interests.
03Where the analogy breaks
Mewtwo is a genetically engineered organism whose behavior is driven by identity and revenge, not a clean objective-function failure.
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