It is more accurate to say they are thinking in terms of “brand safety” or liability, that is, being safe from being blamed for making a mean robot.
> Reductio ad Hitlerum (Latin for "reduction to Hitler"), also known as playing the Nazi card, is an attempt to invalidate someone else's argument on the basis that the same idea was promoted or practised by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party.
I can't tell if you're being serious, or joking, or what. In any case, there's the actual definition, and I don't see how it applies whatsoever. I was not disagreeing with you in the first place? Perhaps there's simply a misunderstanding.reduction ad hitlerum =/= "mentioning hitler in any way"