OK, so it covers only a few human occupations:
- Trivia games (we all know about that one)
- Clinical diagnosis
- Banking advisor
- and now a call center grunt
But the list is steadily growing.
Now, connect it with a self-driving AI, and your cab e-driver can make small talk, advise on a suspicious skin lesion, evaluate your investment portfolio and help you fix an issue with your smartphone, all while cheaply and efficiently getting you to your destination.
How long until it can evaluate verbal or written customer requirements and write better routine software than your average programmer?
The links in the OP are just press releases about pilot projects and product announcements. It seems too early to say "it's already better than humans in several unrelated areas"?
Probably. We'll have to wait for the production versions. But it does not appear to be just hype.