Yes, exactly like them. They have agency to the extent that actual sovereign power lets them do their thing. If Washington decided that Bill Gates is an existential threat to humanity what is he gonna do, ask Clippy for help? He'd join Jack Ma wherever he is within 24 hours.

Zuckerberg has dominion over Facebook by virtue of authority granting him that power but (un)surprisingly little power over anything else. just like any AI has control over what it does as long as its useful to its owners. Tech CEOs have been running a little wild in the US so maybe that illusion accounts for the prevalence of these AI theories.