a self-perpetuating entity (AI)

How is artifice self perpetuating? What's the "self" of artifice?

no one

How could nothing be one? How could one be nothing?

directing it's actions

Action directs reactions. Action cannot be directed, since it implies direct-ION aka directing action.

convoluted

Ones consent to "no one"..."no human person"..."don't actually" convolute ones way of thinking with suggested nihil-ism (Latin nihilo; nothing).

goals that don't actually make sense

Enacting origin generates reacting senses...suggested outcomes (goals) tempt one to ignore perceivable origin.

black rock

Alternating (to rock) ignorance (black)...