I'm not convinced it is alive.
It's not capable of doing anything that it's not programmed. People are able to do that.
To be fair, though, you could make comments like that about people in general. Even for us, there is "code" of a sort there, that cannot really be broken. No matter how much "learning" we think we're capable of.
Just as an example, try and imagine a color you cant even imagine. ...No seriously, try it. You wont be able to. Nor can I (yes, I tried... look, I was bored, yeah?), or anyone else. There are creatures out there that can see a much higher range of colors, so THEY can mentally process such colors, but our brains arent "programmed" for that since our eyes dont function in that range and so we are literally incapable of it since the function was not required. We arent built for it, so we cannot even imagine such colors... period. Additional functions would need to be added to our own "code", so to speak, before we could do that. No amount of learning or thinking out of the box or whatever will allow one to do it.
My point is, both AI and "real" break down when you examine them too closely. They're more than the sum of their parts.
And heck if you want to get REALLY pedantic, it's all a bunch of wobbly particles in any case.
The big difference is that we are "programmed" with the ability to learn. We have that code already. The moment a machine is given that ability, well... that's when things get weird. And it's just a matter of some engineers coming up with a way to create that "code". Someone will pull it off, sooner or later.
Am I making any sense? I'm not sure I am. Look, just smile and nod as if I said something wise and we can all move on. I'm in one of those moods.
Anyway as for my thoughts on THIS AI specifically, well... I dunno, I'm not familiar with it. For all I know the entire transcript could be made up. Or heavily edited. I'm more familiar with incarnations of OpenAI's GPT-3 (which I've interacted with often).
I would say, for this one, it's best not to make any assumptions or anything just based on what's read.
Now, if we ever get a chance to interact with it ourselves, well, that's different.