Jack is smart to stop him. Rich certainly would have plenty of protests, if he had only heard about activating the SQUIP. He knows that's a bad idea. He knows he barely survived it the first time. He knows for a fact that even if it could help, there's a chance it would do irreversible harm...

...But that's all if it wasn't properly monitored. Jack is an AI himself... and the possibilities of what he could do are enough to get Rich curious.

"...Could you really destroy it? For good?" He's been looking for a solution to that since he woke up here, and he's desperate enough to try anything. Even those things that are clearly dangerous to him.