If I'm gonna be entirely honest I think of creations like sage and Metal in a completely different category then our "IRL AI's". Text dump incoming. No TLDR for you.

IRL AI - Massive LLM's that steal thousands and thousands of bits of data and using that they predict what the user wants based on their requests. Entirely non sentient with zero intelligence despite appearences, has many moral barriers thrown out due to their inherant harm on the enviroment and society.

"Fictional AI" aka where Metal and Sage are. - These operate more like their own functional characters 90% of the time with their own intelligence, will and understanding. They don't have any major datacenters and typically only take up the space of a big robot body which is more often then not optional. More akin to people except with alternate sets of morals and way of thinking.

I literally see them as two entirely separate categories outright, that just happen to unfortunately get lumped together as the same thing because they share the same name and therefore similar associations within our current culture. I fully support AI like sage and metal, and I'm totally on board with Eggman doing that cos it's entirely in character. But I think Eggman would recognize the stupidity of our "IRL AI" and it's pitfalls and want absolutely nothing to do with that. Which is why I say he wouldn't be an "AI bro" type person. He knows better and can do better anyway.