[karmicthreat]

You would never give away general_ai.exe at most you would rent it as a service. If its capabilities were linear with computing power you would just have it exponentially fund its own capabilities. Start by having it operate as a poker bot, run mechanical turk, do data analysis, imitate a software development contracting business. Then as capital accumulates add more capacity. Even if general_ai.exe doesn't get smarter than a human but can just perform more operations its probably the biggest opportunity ever.