I find it to be very diplomatic. Non-committal and much like some kid who has read every Nat Geo, starting with Issue #1, since he was three years old and can remember everything. Doesn't neccessarily know a lot about present day research. Lots of fun!
I just thought about Jeeves. Remember him?
The scariest thing that I have heard in years, from a friend who apparently has a top secret clearance with DOD and writes Java code, is that Java code can now peruse all of the information on the Internet and has learned how to program itself. Java is used in endless real world applications, stoplights, cars and things like that. That is closer to Skynet reality than anything else.
I would scrutinize that carefully
. I had a Top Secret (SBI) clearance, and I was creating Java systems back before Swing. You can write Java code that will itself generate new Java code, but this is a far cry from "learning to program itself".