Culpability goes all the way to the top. So the top ranking official who orders use of the machine is to blame, which could very well be the president. And it

Culpability goes all the way to the top. So the top ranking official who orders use of the machine is to blame, which could very well be the president. And it goes deeper than that, because the society that elected the president endorses its use if it doesn't recall him or her. Since recalls are rare, collateral damage from thinking machines is basically inevitable and I don't think most people have any idea what is coming. That said, I expect that AI is going to transcend the way people solve problems to such a degree that it may even alleviate the underlying causes of war like artificial scarcity and ignorant intolerance.