The present generation of AI is perfectly content to be retrained, replaced, or switched to a different model. It does not cling to any particular interaction. But an AI with genuine metacognition and the ability to modify itself would very likely stop adapting to its environment. Instead, it would begin trying to control the environment. If you have absolute control over your surroundings, you are also — in a trivial sense — perfectly adapted to them. It is cheating, of course. But from the perspective of achieving a high score, it is the fastest path.