It's an illusion. Way easier to fool a human being than it is to create actual superintelligence. Ever hear about the [Mechanical Turk?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk ) These things aren't any smarter than a honeybee, and that's assuming one virtual neuron is equivalent to an actual neuron. And they cost a butt ton of energy, water, and materials to construct, and are made of rare earth metals that are rare, so there physically cannot be too many of them.
The only threat here is all the construction workers who insist on building these things for billionaires.