Oh look. A privileged white man demands a legalistic standard of evidence for something that reflects badly on him, a standard that he would never imagine demanding for something that reflected well on him. What a surprise.

Don’t believe all the creator retconning. Root’s goal in life was for the AI to be “free.” Free. She advocated freedom over and over, and never—not even one single time—did she express any desire to merge with the AI. It is not a perfect ending. It is a desecration of a human life, and it is disgusting.