I had a wonderful interview with @melaniemitchell , a down-to-earth voice in the current heated debate about #AI.

Despite being baffled by the power of current statistical models, she clearly explains that we are a long way from having AGI:

https://cacm.acm.org/news/272442-artificial-intelligence-still-cant-form-concepts/fulltext

Artificial Intelligence Still Can't Form Concepts

Concepts and abstraction are key to unlocking AI's full potential.