First off, it was very clever to add a condition.

Unfortunately, the rules have no impact at all on what I am about to write. Any foreign creature, whether it be man-made or evolved is a threat to us as humans, according to our instinct. It really has no effect on our fears and apprehensions whether or not we have created the most brilliant, flawless set of rules imaginable, because no matter how often logic tells us that we are safe, our animal instinct will continue to tell us to watch our backs.

Having said that, if I fear robots, then I fear losing that precious control I hold over their heads. In the back of all our minds we know that robots are intelligent, because we’ve created them. We also know from history that every intelligent “being” longs for freedom, whether we choose to consciously accept this truth or not.

Robots > robots take revenge > I die.

It is not rational. It is fear, and it is based on a fear of death.