I did not elide anything, thank you very much. I don't deny not knowing what intelligence is. I'm asserting that those, like you, who claim to know enough to ridicule the possibility of artificial minds, don't have a clue either.

I'm not the one excluding people from humanity. I'm pointing out that those who try to exclude the possibility of artificial minds keep excluding real people every time they try. Why are you projecting?

> people only matter in as much as what they can do for you,

Are you quite sure you're replying to the right person? It seems a bit off-topic.