no, the author doesn't understand the basics of what a machine and human are

all the computing power in the world doesn't help us make an AI.

Read the second part, please. No one scientist fear the AI would "turn against us". They only fear the the AI would'nt be programmed good enough to CARE about humans. Like "Oh, i was programmed to build cars in the best and fast way I can, but I've run out of iron (or whatever material its needed)" so it uses its…

Fair enough, I suppose. But you've got to also factor in the deceleration of Moore's Law and the approaching physical limit of silicon computing in general.

It's funny to me too, because Kurtswelians so often cite how different today is from 1950, completely overlooking that the future predicted by those in 1950 is ludicrously more advanced than our world today. They are the spiritual heirs to the futurists of the 50s. They are just as wrong.

We currently have a number of technological solutions, to real, current problems.

Why would a self aware machine, limit itself to what you told it was true, especially when it has access to a wider range of knowledge?