Ask HN: Is misaligned AI less dangerous than AI controlled by a bad actor

The poster argues that many lines of reasoning that could lead a misaligned AI toward a dangerous action could equally be supplied by humans, especially when programmers have little oversight over what goes into their AI systems. They compare AI to aviation, a powerful technology that a single person can steer toward destruction for political or suicidal ends, and note that a bad actor could also instruct an AI to hide its tracks.