why would it submit to being used by us?

Seriously? I'm not talking sentience. I'm talking about a machine that can handle tracking MUCH more at once than we can, while also sticking to a foundation of strictly ACTUAL facts and logic. It's not really intelligent, just way more powerful than our tiny brains can handle so it seems more intelligent.

The rest of your reply makes it obvious you don't fully understand computers, nor human psychology. Your response is one of great and overextended imagination. It's hardware. A tool that - like any other - can be used for good or bad, depending upon who wields it. It's not alive, but can be made to seem that way because it's got trillions of super tiny switches that make for an incomprehensible number of possibilities - much like the variances among humans. But it's still a machine that's based upon a simple true-false logic, unlike humans.

I'm done here because it seems you don't really understand the topic, but are just fearful of it. That's understandable, but doesn't make for good academic discussion of possibilities. Once again, gnite.