I'd give you a million to one odds against that. More precisely to operationalise: against that being discovered to be the case in the next twenty years.
I don't see anything in that article that challenges anything I said. If there was a mechanism by which mimicking humans helped this creature reproduce, then it would fit the scientific model of evolution.
Also, it was a bit of a whimsical fantasy rather than some serious theory I have about the world. In any case, even if such beings were to exist, I suspect we'd not be able to detect them any more than the termites would be able to detect the beetle. We probably wouldn't have the faculties to comprehend and apprehend the nature of the being, any more than an ant could understand general relativity.
It's kind of tiring having habitual iconoclast skeptics come out of the woodwork with some superficial dunk every time something out of the ordinary but also of no real consequence is said.
Put me down for £2, and I'm pretty confident. I work with some characters who have evolved to mimic productive workers while never producing anything of any discernable value.
I'd give you a million to one odds against that. More precisely to operationalise: against that being discovered to be the case in the next twenty years.
The way evolution and biology works, what you are suggesting is extremely unlikely. (See https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pLRogvJLPPg6Mrvg4/an-alien-g... for a start of an explanation.)