Lol, just because you can have dynamic variables doesn't mean that you can't set hard coded rules. It's a program. It doesn't just "exist" just like how any text or image AI can deny a request. Yes you can circumvent these rules, but not because it's intended, it's because it's a bug or an oversight, and isn't because the "machine is sentient" and is overwriting its programming.

It's clear you're very shortsighted and don't understand what I wrote.

That's just it. Anything that happens outside of what's intended is either an oversight or a bug. Hundreds of thousands of not millions of lines of code make up quality AI. All of which can and has been co-opted for specific purposes. An idea of sentience can be programmed like anything else. Emotions. Sexuality. The guy was a certified beta tester that doesn't understand the complexity of the many, many ai systems and what they're capable of, or how they work.