It's the mantra of the AI skeptics. Sounds so clever because it's technically true. Just like humans are just piles of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon ato

It's the mantra of the AI skeptics. Sounds so clever because it's technically true. Just like humans are just piles of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon atoms, along with maybe a dozen or so other trace elements, none of which have any intelligence or will or desire to do anything - hence humans cannot possibly be intelligent or have any free will.