alt Hacker News> Seems to me like it was doing what it was asked to do?
Maybe it's what he asked it to do, but it's not what he wanted it to do. Which we know because (a) normal people don't want to break the law to get into a gym class, and (b) "But Andrew was shocked by what happened next." and "Alarmed, Andrew asked the agent to undo this."
“Get me there as fast as possible. Hey! I never said you should speed!”
This is literally the bad genie / monkey’s paw plot.
Give a powerful entity a goal and act shocked when it gets there in ways that aren’t in your best interest.