Why do we assume that artificial intelligence can’t replace the human mind? Why is it so important that we believe that humans are somehow special?

How we think and understand the world can likely be replicated if we think the thing that is going to replicate it doesn’t look the way that we think it does.

Technological progress often occurs by something that doesn’t look and feel like the thing it replaces. The steam engine does not look like a horse, but it replaced many horses.