"We don't want the government to regulate us!" 10 minutes later: "We have to get the government to create a law against using programming to lie!" 10 minutes after that "We need to create our own governing body like lawyers and the bar", Another word for that is a government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYUHwIl0O8

This guy keeps on saying dumb things. It would take hours to go over every stupid thing he says.

Also, his delusional, hubris filled "We rule the world" statement.

"You wanted to be safe from the government so you formed a stupid government." - Rick and Morty

False equivalency.

Sure, if every aspect of self driving cars were hard-coded I'd agree, but these are machine learning systems which makes this an entirely different concept than someone writing buggy IRQ handling that causes a kernel panic.

As machine learning tools use larger and larger neural networks, a bug here and there actually become less of an issue when compared to the grand scheme of things. It's why imperfect CPUs are making comebacks Source

Every human makes errors, no human brain is making 100% perfectly accurate computations, yet we still manage to do things "good enough" to have created modern civilization.

I automate the shit out of things. When I'm on Linux, I automate in Bash, at work I've taught myself powershell.

Yesterday I wrote a power-shell script for manipulating an excel document some crazy accountant wrote to automate a proprietary piece of software we have to use. Working with that excel document is hellish. It is working working pretty nicely and it should help a lot at work, but my coworkers seem very unsupportive of my efforts.

I think a lot of my coworkers are worried about automation taking away the boring repetitive tasks we do every day. Some people think those boring repetitive tasks will keep them employed forever. They see automation as a threat. I see automation as a way for us to remove the shackles of drudgery and pursue more entertaining and fulfilling careers.

I would ask your supervisor for permission to check the database for security issues. If they grant you permission, come back to them a while later with your findings and present a solution. If they tell you they don't want you going through the database looking for security issues, then don't divulge that you have already done so.

It depends, are you a paid intern or an unpaid one?