Can Machines Slip on Banana Peels?

Machines can slip on banana peels when they look less contraptiony than they are, a gap measured as banana-peel slip potential: the difference between actual and apparent Contraption Factor, which is system complexity divided by design integrity. The argument places these failures in design features rather than designers, citing examples such as the failure of LTCM, Juicero, and the Humane AI pin. Product managers are described as often increasing this potential by lowering apparent contraption factor, and Apple's hardware is said to have a near-zero contraption factor while its software has a much higher one.