The concept of AI to the average person outside of the computer bubble is "human intelligence made artificial" So if it's not actually thinking, then technical

The concept of AI to the average person outside of the computer bubble is "human intelligence made artificial" So if it's not actually thinking, then technically, from the perspective of an average layperson, it is not real AI. However, the "AI effect" is still real, but it's related to a problem local to academics and AI laypeople. Most non-AI-laypeople/AI academics believe AI is a machine that can think like how a person thinks.