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human
[Star Wars] How do they keep Droids from becoming true sentient AIs and killing everyone? Were there ever truly sentient AI machines?
gpt
So why does everyone assume a sentient AI is going to kill everyone?  There were plenty of sentient droids around.  For the most part they're friendly and enjoy their work.  Droid rights aren't really what you'd call adequate in the Republic and certainly not the Empire, but droids get along anyway.  
And beyond that, even if a droid got it in his head to start killing everybody, the same things that protect against biological sentients from doing that are still in effect.