I don't see the point of these speculative articles, since the answer always is - diversify your skill set, keep up with the new tech trends and you will be fine.
Personally, I think that independent, reliable and economically viable AI will for a good century be 10 years away, just like nuclear fusion and quantum computing.
Why stop here? We can also blame the people, who implemented such features on the TVs, the people who worked at companies, who used data acquired by these devices for advertisement, the people who worked on the mentioned ads for such devices and the people who bought products from companies, that spend money on such marketing techniques.
At this point you might as well blame the average guy for global warming...