If you're writing machine learning/intelligence, please just consider how to do so without condemning us to a dystopian future.

or if it's a dystopian one, at least make it a cool dystopian one.

So while maximising paperclip production, it should also manipulate the stock market to bring down the price of black leather pants?

no, don't, please. programming is a means to an end.

programming is fun the same way long division by hand is fun.

i can't wait for the robots to release me from the monotony.

Not everyone would agree with you :) Although I think even most of us who enjoy programming would be happy to have some form of automation as an option.