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At first I was afraid that they would allow for an irresponsible use. But no, they explicitly say "responsible", so that danger is no more. I'm very much relieved.
Also they explicitly mention that humans will remain accountable. Not Nature, or Fate, or the gods; mark that. Good thinking there!
Problems solved.
I see this a lot in clanker apologia, but it's never clear what "accountable" actually entails. Unless it's something of the order of a first-offense permanent ban from the project then it's not going to dissuade anyone from being lazy meat proxies.