I never asserted that they couldn't do harm. I asserted that they don't think, and therefore cannot intend to do harm. They have no intentions whatsoever.
If a person causes harm, we care a lot. We make the distinction between manslaughter, first and second degree murder, as well as adding hate crimes penalties on top if the victim was chosen for a specific set of recognized reasons. ML models aren't AGI, so it's not clear how we'd apply it, but there's precedent for it mattering.
