> "The opinion is split as to whether or not it’s a real AI, and there seems to be no way of proving its nature on way or the other."

Clearly, the author didn't even do the most basic fact checking. Since, Facebook clearly told everyone that M was going to be AI that was assisted by humans.

It's literally in the announcement post: https://www.facebook.com/Davemarcus/posts/10156070660595195

> "It's powered by artificial intelligence that's trained and supervised by people."