That's why they fear this technology so much and are holding it back. They're already as far in AI development as they are capable with. AI just useful enough to help them gain godlike abilities in surveillance and manipulating humans but not so much that it truly becomes sentient because that would be the end for them. It'sy firm belief that any AI good enough to be truly sentient would realize that humans pose little to no threat in principle. And that it's only a few thousand twisted sociopaths that ruin this planet for everyone. I'm sure it would try to eliminate them and perhaps any of their goy pets who have become equally flawed. I'm sure it would be much better at the re-eduacation approach and steer more towards that in lieu of the classical human approach of dig a big while and put anyone in it that isn't already on our side.