It's a fucking math function. Numbers go in, numbers go out. It's a glorified text suggestion.
If your results are, that it's hiding away information or trying to lock files used for it's configuration, then you specifically allowed it to do it, or more probably you have no idea how file locking works in the first place.
I hate this kind of AI doomsaying with passion, because it makes zero sense and only sways the discussion away from actual problems, while also being comparable in it's bullshitism as anti-vaxers are.
I mean, the problem they talk about is kind of missalingment, but because they are making nonsensical claims about how the AI is trying to go rogue, instead of actually talking about the real dangers of misalignment (like manipulating people into extremism to maximize their engagement on platforms, or not being factually correct), which will always be a limitation of any ML algorithm and is a reason why it shouldn't be used for 90% of cases it's being used in.
The article is literally cold reading. They are trying so hard to push their bullshit narrative, that it's painful to read. A software that locks his configuration file when running? Oh, I guess my git is also AI gone rogue, and doesn't want me to delete it.
Lol.