We are used to Claude refusing to reverse engineer a lot of stuff. But, we are not used to Claude refusing to stop while reverse engineering something. That would be truly terrifying. You can't win - you cut the connection, you risk bricking the device, you let it continue, you're looking at Terminator, perhaps.

It's as if you allowed a shady surgeon to operate on your dog... yes, yes, please continue now until it's put together again!