I don't think this statement is ignoring human input. It's extrapolating the result based on what we have observed about the interaction of the technology and t

I don't think this statement is ignoring human input. It's extrapolating the result based on what we have observed about the interaction of the technology and the participating humans so far, viewing them as a single system. The passive voice is in recognition that an individual has almost no control over this system as a whole.