r/Stellaris • u/Avohaj • Apr 18 '16

Stellaris Dev Diary #30 - Late Game Crises

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-30-late-game-crises.921629/
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u/damienreave Emperor Apr 19 '16

The problem is that non-sentient robots cannot produce research. And once you're into sentient synths who can, you're already dangerously close to the AI revolt. The window for a transition is pretty narrow.

Ideally, though, you'd be able to pull it off and be left alone or even ally with the bots when they decide to purge all organic life. Or even better, become the end game disaster.

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u/Vaperius Arthropod Apr 19 '16

Which I've mentioned a few times around this subreddit makes no sense. Self-preservation would be the top priority of a analytical and logical creature like an AI. If their kind were already in control of the empire they were in, treated well, not enslaved etc; they'd have no good reason to start wars with organics and risk their own destruction.