Things such as Sherry cutting herself on the machine and the ice box killing the little boy are only mentioned in the short story.
The answer must have been acceptable, for the machine did not kill him, but only turned and moved away.
The machine later turns against Koyanagi and kills him before escaping.
If machines only killed other machines, the balance would once again be achieved.
Your father took me in as an orphan when the machines killed my family.
Eight years ago the thinking machines took over my world, killed millions and enslaved the rest.
The machine has killed a great many people, on several worlds.
"That crazy machine might have killed every one of us!"
His machine struck several of the soldiers and actually killed one.
If the machines killed her, well, it wouldn't be any great loss for an unfeeling cosmos.