Just let the AI out of the box! I liked that small twist in turning Minutes into a proper "character". She would be scary as the actual villain, one trying to 'revive' the actual Kang, trying to mold variants into the version she likes by manipulating events. If she falls, bye bye timeline. She could eventually succeed and Kang gets in power and then you might get a HAL9000 moment maybe..
But back to the point, the pacing seems off somehow. We should know the characters by now and the tensions should manifest but it's just not hitting the spot for me yet. At least there seems to be a clear story and certain bits are well thought out so hoping it leads somewhere nice.