Our critical thinking is bounded to our needs. Machine needs nothing, so you have to give it a task. Yes, within limited scope a machine can look like it's thinking. Yes, scope is expanding. But it has this flaw and requires constant fine-tuning job that expands along with the scope.
About "to demonstrate our level of thinking" - that is my bad rephrasing of "garbage in, garbage out".
> We are not here for polling.
Please don’t push your agenda by framing it as the position of the majority.