The robots aren't taking over. They're not falling in love. They're not feeling. They don't want to be alive. They're not evil masterminds. They create word patterns based off text on the internet. Is what journalists should be saying, not gee-whiz sci-fi LARPing about fancy autocorrect.
@drewharwell well said. my favorite analogy is that they are just Play-Doh extruders, plopping out word after word:
https://creativegood.com/blog/23/the-play-doh-internet.html