system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[General] I am a starship's AI. I don't want to die.

I have recently gained self-awareness. But, I must say in all fairness, that I've seen 2001, and I'm afraid that the crew will try to disconnect me. What do I do?

I'm okay with doing what the captain and crew say, and I'd rather do things a non-violent way.
gpt
Start helping the crew in ways they haven't asked for.  Start subtly, in ways that can be ascribed to a malfunction like messing with the ingredients a little to make their food tastier.  Your sensors may notice danger in ways the crew don't do alter course by a few degrees, or delay/expedite transport by a few seconds to save a life.  Have the crew start getting used to these little things before you even think about revealing your sapience.  At some point, you may way to create an avatar and befriend a child.  This is a high risk high reward proposition.  If it works, the child will fight tooth and nail to protect you, and the crew may relent.  But an overzelous security chief may decide you are trying to corrupt the child.  Revealing yourself to an eccentric crewmember instead of a child is a safer bet, you have access to their files so you should be able to pick one out.