I don't think anyone's arguing that we're not exceptional at all. After all, those prairie dogs aren't sitting around arguing about whether humans are actually

I don't think anyone's arguing that we're not exceptional at all. After all, those prairie dogs aren't sitting around arguing about whether humans are actually on their level. Really what we're wondering when discussing AI is whether we're exceptional enough to build machines smarter than ourselves? Has the Singularity already happened, and was it us?