I think the interesting question here is how did this get published? It is so badly argued, so wishy-washy I would mark it down even as a high-school report. (Like have the author heard about robots? Did they read anything written about embodiment?)

The other question would be: When I say the above, do the author of the article and the people who supported its publication see that as a sign that the AI field doesn’t want to hear their “truth”?