Hi Ian

I am going to be a shade pedantic about this (and speaking as someone who has been programming computers since about 1970):
a device that is controlled by AI has an autonomous freedom to decide about an outcome irrespective of the directive given

This is totally and utterly wrong. What the Press calls an 'AI' is a just program running on a computer. Never forget that!
The program has strictly ZERO freedom to 'decide' anything. The program will simply follow the instructions it has been given by the programmer. And programmers are human and very fallible.

Yes, the blind leading the blind.

Cheers
Roger