> They're simply saying that it's possible in principle. In principle, everything is possible, but some things are so unlikely, that it is reasonable to label

> They're simply saying that it's possible in principle. In principle, everything is possible, but some things are so unlikely, that it is reasonable to label them as impossible. The computer technology we have developed over the last 75 years is so fundamentally different from how our minds work that to think we will develop anything resembling our own intelligence in any reasonable time-frame is insane. That doesn't mean we can't develop a machine that is able to reason for itself and solve discrete problems. We can. That's not what AI is. AI is Artificial Intelligence. An artificial intelligence defined by us.