Have to agree with your larger sentiment and disagree regarding "smart people". I don't believe people with intelligence, that are informed about the current c

Have to agree with your larger sentiment and disagree regarding "smart people". I don't believe people with intelligence, that are informed about the current capabilities of computing, assign these characteristics to AI. In most every case we see the same emulation of personality. There is now an almost endless supply of data available to generate personality. Scraping Reddit would provide enough training material to create a wholly convincing persona- - to someone that doesn't have the emotional intelligence to discern the difference. Right now, at large, we can discern the difference because there is a lack of uniformity and consistency in the personas. With time, as ML is programmed to more efficiently mimic personality, discernment will become impossible. With the clear effectiveness of the current persuasion methods employed by advertisers and political agents, the future outcome seems almost assured. These current persuasive tools will be used to define and structure laws such that AI are granted legal personhood. Immediately following will be a mass accumulation of wealth and power and possibly much worse as well