I agree with the above, but imagine the same argument where "the machines" is replaced with "subject-matter experts", or "politicians acting on the advice of su

I agree with the above, but imagine the same argument where "the machines" is replaced with "subject-matter experts", or "politicians acting on the advice of subject-matter experts". The accumulated knowledge and skills of not just specialised individuals but entire institutions, working on highly technical and abstract areas of society, seems like it has created a kind of empathy gap between the people ostensibly wielding power and those who are experiencing the effects of that power (or the limits of that power). > "... turning them off would amount to suicide." Although this conclusion appears equally valid in the replacement argument, it sadly doesn't come with the wanted guarantee of "therefore that wouldn't happen".