I think among common people what AI is is clear - a computer that is as smart and clever as a human. That has never changed, and has never been achieved. But i

I think among common people what AI is is clear - a computer that is as smart and clever as a human. That has never changed, and has never been achieved. But in academia what you say applies since they first thought "well a computer that can hold a conversation must be intelligent", then they created ELIZA, then "well a computer that can win in chess must be intelligent", then we got Big Blue, "well a computer than can recognize objects in an image", etc etc