Like the “program” is giving instructions to a little ghost that sits inside the machine, which will look over your instructions and decide whether it likes them or not.
Fry: If you’re programmed to jump off a bridge, would you do it?
Bender: Let me check my program… Yep.
Fry: If you’re programmed to jump off a bridge, would you do it?
Bender: Let me check my program… Yep.