AI/Pathing, ever getting fixed?

I understand that the purpose of the game overall is to control these colonists, but there HAS to be some sort of artificial intelligence so that you don't have to control every minute movement of these idiots. I set up two guys with guns to destroy a piece of crashed ship part from two blocks away (to keep from accidentally hitting others) while other workers broke down the turret emplacements and pillbox I had set up to take down the worm that came out...several of the workers decided to go OUT of their way to walk between the guys and ship part. Why is this a thing? I understand that they don't do point-to-point straight line travel based on terrain, but Jesus Jones they need to recognize presence of danger...some modicum of awareness at all. It's a good thing I caught the dipshit or my most valuable construction worker would have a round of buckshot in the brain...