Yeah, I think what they really mean is people, especially those with power, broke this thing called trust and now they're trying to use """ai""" as a scapegoat.

It'd be along the same lines as saying "I was drunk driving 75km/hr over the limit down a busy suburban road during the middle of the day and 5 people died because of it so we CAN NOT TRUST CARS"

And everyone stands up and claps

Both, in a way. The car that can drive 75km/hr existing enabled the person to choose to use it while drunk. As in, there was no trust beforehand, but the means used to "break" it were not as accessible.