Ignoring can mean failing to notice something, as well as noticing but disregarding it. Words can often have multiple similar complementary meanings. I don't think the usage here is incorrect, or even misleading.
You don’t think it’s important to draw a distinction between whether a robot was deliberately programmed to do something malicious as opposed to a bug which caused an oversight? Come on.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ignor...
> to intentionally not listen or give attention to:
> to give no attention to something or someone:
Two definitions - one with intention, one without
> words mean things.
Yes, but they often mean multiple things. Very few dictionary entries only have a single definition for a word. You can't use "words mean things" to claim that "this word means only what I say it means, regardless of the other accepted uses it already has".
> You don’t think it’s important to draw a distinction between whether a robot was deliberately programmed to do something malicious as opposed to a bug which caused an oversight?
I do think there are times when it is very important to do that.
I just don't think that "ignore" is the right word to make that distinction, and isn't a distinction the authors were trying to make at that particular time, because if they were they would probably have used another word.
...at least, that's how I read it. It seemed clear to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ignor...
> Definition: to give no attention to something or someone:
> Example 1: They ignored our warnings.
> Example 2: The mayor ignored the hecklers and went on with her speech.