The problem with this kind of criticism of any AI-related technology is that it is an unfalsifiable argument akin to saying that it can't be "proper" intelligen

The problem with this kind of criticism of any AI-related technology is that it is an unfalsifiable argument akin to saying that it can't be "proper" intelligence unless God breathed a soul into the machine. The method is irrelevant. The output is what matters. This is like a bunch of intelligent robots arguing that "mere meat" cannot possibly be intelligent! https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...