No personal criticism of this person, but: "The glass isn't full yet. Sure its filling, but its filling and its not full yet, so obviously no matter how much y

No personal criticism of this person, but: "The glass isn't full yet. Sure its filling, but its filling and its not full yet, so obviously no matter how much you fill it, we know that doesn't actually fill it." ..is my breakdown on these non-expert non-specific (mathematically, algorithmically, information theoretically, any relevant expertise at all, ...) cynics. If he had predicted the progress that was made just in the last two years, it would give some crediblity to his opinions about what wasn't going to improve. But he didn't have that insight. He has no idea what's already cooking in the research kitchen. But if am going to critque predictions, shouldn't I put myself on the line? So here is my prediction: when general AI decisively advances past us, a lot of people will feel a strong need to write and read articles about how AI doesn't have a soul. And their creations have no heart. And no progress will ever be able to fix this. Despite a lack of concrete or coherent definitions, this will matter a great deal to them.