If we find an AI that is truly operating as an independent agent in the economy without a human responsible for it, we should kill it. I wonder if I'll live long enough to see an AI terminator profession emerge. We could call them blade runners.

  > an AI that is truly operating as an independent agent in the economy without a human responsible for it
Sounds like the "customer support" in any large company (think Google, for example), to be honest.

It happened not too long ago! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729

Was it ever verified that this was an independent AI?

It was not. In the article, first few paragraphs.