When I saw that the shooter is reported as female, my first thought was that this was so unusual that I wondered if she were trans. The article makes no mention of it and has no photo. The Wikipedia page clears it up: Yes, she was, consistent with the facial features in the one photo. Was my guess bigotry or realism?

This has become a taboo topic. We're not supposed to notice when "women" who fall into more typically male patterns of violence are men. I think that hiding this pattern makes us less safe. Men, including me, aren't usually violent, or typically violent, but we're far more likely to reach the extremes of violence than women. This should inform our situational awareness.

>"I think if we do the right changes to the Criminal Code, it will change the behaviour of AI companies, because there will be a clear line to accountability,"

Isn't it a judicial issue? How is a chatbot owned and operated by a company materially different than the responsibility of an accident involving an unmanned vehicle or machine owned and operated by a company?