It DOES matter. Directly. Fully.

If people think that the unthinking “AI” actually has autonomy, they will be less likely to hold the people responsible to account.

Why do you not understand that? It is a critical fact of the matter that modern day “AI” does not think nor want, because then responsibility of its actions should then rightfully fall on to who set up the Rube Goldberg machine with machetes on it.

This is not a machine going postal. It’s a dangerous product they’ve been allowed to sell.