"I'm not buying the "current AI is just a dumb parrot relying on human training" argument [...]" One difficulty. We know that argument is literally true. "[..

"I'm not buying the "current AI is just a dumb parrot relying on human training" argument [...]" One difficulty. We know that argument is literally true. "[...] because the same thing applies to humans themselves" It doesn't. People can interact with the actual world. The equivalent of being passively trained on a body of text may be part of what goes into us. But it's not the only ingredient.