What we have is machine learning, just an algorithm that takes input and gives you output. It can’t act on its own.
Isn't that basically what "real learning" is as well? Basically you're born as a baby, and you take input, and eventually you can replicate it, and eventually you can "talk" for example?
But in the training data something was off, suddenly your AI is racist and gives every black person a lesser amount.
Same here, how is that different from "real learning"? You're born into a racist family, in a racist village where everyone is racist. What is the end-result; you're probably somewhat racist due to racist input - until you might unlearn that, if you're exposed to other data that proves your racist ideas were wrong
If a human brain is basically a big learning computer, why wouldn't AI eventually reach singularity and emulate a brain and beyond? All the examples you mentioned of what it can't do, is just stuff it can't do yet
I don't think it's satire, this guy is actively defending this on Linkedin: https://i.imgur.com/SlJPG85.png