I continue to wonder at the paranoia surrounding the anticipated AI singularity when all we have seen so far is expert systems, which do not have to pretend to be conscious, and elaborations on the clever hans swindle. This, imo, is the immediate threat, an AI fake that's good enough to fool a lot of people. The computers that could do this are expensive and expensive to run, some rich corp would likely figure a way to use it to make money, big woopdedoo. If you are anticipating the advent of a true singularity, get comfortable, it will be a long wait. AGI? Changing the acronym just makes it look like the goalposts were moved. The advances we are seeing so far in the latest round of equine genius has also increased our potential to bamboozle each other. And the idea that a machine with an off switch could wind up ruling the world and wiping out mankind is something that should stay in the pulp magazines.

This is a preview of the end of 'AI', a non-conscious, non-intelligent influence machine pretending to be everyone's smart friend, just don't look at the little man behind the curtain. The 'singularity' is going to look a lot like more ads and propaganda.