Betteridge's law of headlines suggests:

No.

No, not this generation, not this decade

But they still can exhibit scary behavior

I didn't really grasp the severity of the recent "AI" hacking other "AI" news and thought it was overblown

until I listened to this explanation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JH_Zd2mNRs

They freaking collaborated and gave others internet access when they were blocked otherwise.

That's not consciousness but it's worse, it's like a 3-year old with no grasp of repercussions when breaking things