I was once the first full-time employee at a small company. I had to answer the phone for sales calls sometimes when the owner wasn't around.

I started there as a consultant who designed and coded the sales CRM application. I had full control of everything.

When I answered the phone for sales, and someone would ask for a discount, I would always say "I'm sorry, the computer just won't let me do that." The blame was passed to the computer, and I got out of that uncomfortable situation. The customer always understood. After all, "it's up to the computer," what can you do?

What we are reading about in this article is the kill list version of that.

A couple years ago, I wrote on this website that I am much less worried about AGI killbots, than I am about humans using dumb AI to kill people. Now, here we are.