I am just going to say this out-right, aj0413, but you're wrong.

Fleeing permanently takes away your dignity. It's something you'll never live down and when you're on your death-bed you'll suddenly recall that you fled from the AI instead of dying.

When you're at a job interview and someone asks what your strengths and weaknesses are, you'll break down and cry inside because you lost to an AI and had to flee instead of dying and learning from your foolishness.

Or something.

I dunno'.