This.
Imagine that you are what most would call "on the spectrum." It is NOT a bad thing - or at least, not an inherently bad thing. It bestows upon you the ability to think about the world, problems, and solutions in a very non-traditional, often non-linear way. That can lead to some lightning-bolt type innovations, changes and disruptions to existing structures, etc....which CAN be good.
Now imagine that you are like that....and you are a sociopath. That is, you have no sense of empathy -- whether learned or innate, it doesn't much matter. Empathy is the foundation beneath most moral and ethical structures; if the structure depends solely on "well, you wouldn't like that if it happened to you" (appeals to self interest only), then the structure is doomed to fail. If you don't have empathy, you don't have what the ethical and moral would call "humanity."
Our system rewards such a thing: innovation, gaming the system, playing OUTSIDE the system, unbound by any ethics or morality.
In short, these men ARE Skynet. Not "they're creating Skynet," they ARE Skynet. They have some unique computing power in their heads. They see "problems," and they come up with "solutions," unimpeded by moral boundaries. They absolutely can -- and will -- reach a conclusion like "(1) higher-form humans are the best representatives of humanity (and they of course see themselves as members of that select group) (2) resource competition is dragging us all - including "higher-form humans" -- down, (3) therefore, eliminating competition is best for humanity, because it helps higher-form humans succeed. Shit like that. Their kind of thinking is how you end up with cold, calculating elimination of millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions, of human beings. It's the "trolley problem," except they play the game with 9 to 10-figure numbers of humans. And they do so with no remorse, empathy, sympathy, or sadness. "2 billion dead to make life better for the 6 billion left? Well, that's just a price to be paid. Did y'all see my sick meme?"
These men are the most dangerous, evil humans to ever live. Not just because of how they think, but because they have to means to turn their evil into reality.