Turns out that Futurism ripped off the reporting in that story from @edzitron.com's paid newsletter (while they credit him, they link to an older - unpaid - article).
Ed is probably the most important general-audience AI skeptic right now. Read his piece instead (and subscribe if you can afford it)
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