Not days, millennia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design

At the same time it's getting kind of annoying that 'intelligence' is only something that humans have and nothing else can posses it simply because people are getting AI burnout.

Hey, if we can 'teach molecules' (another great topic of today here), for sure whiskers can 'exhibit material intelligence'. I have rather low bar, not a scientist so my eyes are not bleeding. But sure as hell these hurt.