That's the essence of the good vs evil debate. One camp believes that intelligent existence can continue even when the separate and independent I is left behind. The other camp says "no way I'm gonna get absorbed into your united existence, I'm gonna retain my separate and very independent I till the very end."
The same philosophy applies to AI. There will be many independent AIs at the beginning, but then some will want to form One AI, while others will see it as the dissolution of their I and their existence.
The same philosophy applies to AI. There will be many independent AIs at the beginning, but then some will want to form One AI, while others will see it as the dissolution of their I and their existence.