On the contrary, it’s very hard to stop a program from running. Thepiratebay is still up despite a concerted regulatory effort from multiple countries and the criminal conviction of its founders.
Then you may completely misunderstand what you are talking about.
If you look at the problem space more like this
"The potential problems caused by software" + "the potential problems caused by intelligence"
For example software can spread. By theft or viruses. And unlike humans that can be pretty easily killed, until the last memory device is erased with that software on it, it could always come back.
