Except that we've already created synthetic genomes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/synthetic-genome-bacteria.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/1

Except that we've already created synthetic genomes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/synthetic-genome-bacteria.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/synthetic-genome-... If we can define what "generally intelligent" means in concrete terms, we can absolutely create it. The problem is that we don't have a good understanding/shared idea of what we're trying to achieve. We can create models that can learn to play many different games using the same weights, solve IQ/logic tests and pass the Turing test consistently, but people are going to move the goalposts and say those are just complex mashups of autocomplete and flowcharts. To be honest I don't think AI skeptics are ever going to believe until there's a Skynet trying to exterminate them.