[HackOfAllTrades]

Following that thought... confused it into thinking what? (Allowing for anthropomorphic use of 'thought'.)

Really, the key here is that it's on-screen model shows the yellow lines. It must have become terminally confused to plot that course. Looks like it threw away the model and the rules and just decided to end it all.

Headline: "Tesla computer, in fit of depression, commits murder/suicide". (With a number of !s appropriate to the publishing venue.)

What's the name for the slash marks sometimes found on suicide victims, where they tried to cut their own throat or wrists several times before they succeed? Hesitation marks? Maybe that's what we're seeing here. /facetious