Seems like a matter of hierarchy. Current NNs are flat and tiny. We're only simulating small chunks of the base levels. There is no executive level that integra

Seems like a matter of hierarchy. Current NNs are flat and tiny. We're only simulating small chunks of the base levels. There is no executive level that integrates from multiple minions. You need that hierarchy to even start considering "meaning". What we're doing now is making bricks for that future building. Of course, then there's that other school of thought that predicates the true grasp of meaning on the participation of consciousness. But that's another can of worms for another time and/or another forum.