The one we have right now is a stochastic - a good one, but it’s not the SCiFi AI, not even close. So I am not sure how an LLM without an operator makes any sense or if it counts as “something” in this context.
The hypothetical technological singularity is expressed as the superorganism of technology, systems, and people (for now) changing until something like not quite AGI and partial self-replication become attainable and iterate further. For better or worse, something is happening orthogonal to the hype.
An AI without an operator is like a person without religion is like a fish without a bicycle.