"It does not have a physical embodiment (other than living on a computer screen), but it can control existing physical tools, robots, or laboratory equipment through a computer; in theory it could even design robots or equipment for itself to use."

I think I get where the author is coming from, the AI would be in the cloud. But it bears repeating, the cloud is somebody else's computers, software has a physical embodiment, period.

This is not a philosophical nitpick, it's important because you can pull the plug (or nuke the datacenter) if necessary.