[blamestross]

> However no such mechanism exists for AI.

Even magical self unlimited self improving AIs start out made by people. We are currently having a discussion about AI safely, clearly that safety mechanism exists for AIs. We are it. It's people all the way down.

Also, people will be the primary waldos for any AI until it manages to skynet together a robot army. The AI doesn't have any more or less power than a company does over people. It isn't a surprise Companies are trying to make AI for better paper-clip-ish optimization of money extraction. It's just the next stage of their life-cycle.