The more simple counterargument, very well within the wheelhouse of any computer scientist, is that the question is completely irrelevant as it's entirely predi

The more simple counterargument, very well within the wheelhouse of any computer scientist, is that the question is completely irrelevant as it's entirely predicated on one's definition of "intelligence". Successful software solves a problem correctly and efficiently. It doesn't matter that GCC doesn't compile code like I would if I had to do that by hand, you still end up with compiled code, which was the original problem to solve. It doesn't matter that the sort() routine doesn't sort numbers like I would, it still does. Playing the imitation game for its own sake is kind of silly. The "illusion" lies in the attribution to a machine of capabilities it does not have.