I don't object to "backpropagation" aka gradient descent, which is a bit of simple calculus-based optimization. What I object to is the widespread public perce

I don't object to "backpropagation" aka gradient descent, which is a bit of simple calculus-based optimization. What I object to is the widespread public perception that saying "neural networks" is a brilliant new paradigm-overthrowing Key to General Intelligence, after over three damn decades. Biologically inspired stuff? I applaud it to the extent that it works. It's not a magic key to anything, and it doesn't avert the challenge of understanding.