When the first computer was built, they asked it how would it improve itself? It told them and they built the "new and improved" model and asked it the same question. The rest is history including the neat little cell phone in your pocket.
There are times when I have to wonder if the movie TERMINATOR wasn't more prophecy than we gave it credit for? Think about it. What if AI down the road decides we're too stupid to exist and decides to exterminate us??? Yes, we could add safeguards to prevent such a thing that probably would exist only as long as it takes AI to work around or remove them. Scary thoughts but not an impossibility.
Paul B.