An old friend of mine, an expert in computer and cognitive science, said "AI" was marketing, more or less, for what he called VGP.
Very good programming. Trying to pass the Searle and Turing tests is no measure of intelligence, on the same basis that some people can be convinced by con men and snake oil salesmen. Being convinced is not proof of anything, per se.
The Large Language Models have shown that GIGO remains in operation, and some highly promoted AI experiments ended up adopting racist stances and the like. Making them like dumb homo sapiens.
To this date, we know almost nothing about the most basic cognitive acts, though we homo sapiens -- dumb, as you say -- have been able to mimic them. An informative synonym for mimic is ape, and that's what this AI ( really VGP ) is at this moment in time.
Proof that homo sapiens are dumb. Biden is in office. QED.
“To this date, we know almost nothing about the most basic cognitive acts”
Great discussion on this podcast:
https://podbay.fm/p/where-is-my-mind
Most of the good stuff is banned and canceled in the university.