I don&#x27;t think we have any reason to believe that strong AI is impossible - in fact, I can&#x27;t see how it could be impossible (since we have an existence proof, in ourselves, that it&#x27;s possible!)<p>But I don&#x27;t see any way to know whether we are making progress towards strong AI, or whether deep learning could be a foundation for it. The biological connections are certainly becoming more clear, but it still seems like very early days for this kind of conclusion.