"Maybe. Had trouble convincin' myself to talk to the thing. It reminds me of uh... somethin' else." He means the Head. And the resemblance to The Supreme Intelligence makes the thing inherently untrustworthy.

"Might be worth askin', yeah. But I don't think I'm set to trust what we're told.

"That said... I figure if it's got the tech, then eventually maybe someone else can make the tech to get the hell out." He's pretty sure the Head is just limiting them.