> It is science fiction to think that a system like a computer can behave at all like a brain
It is science fiction to think that a plane could act at all like a bird. Although... it doesn't need to in order to fly
Intelligence doesn't mean we need to recreate the brain in a computer system. Sentience, maybe. General intelligence no
BTW Planes are fully inspired by birds and they mimic the core principles of the bird flight.
Mechanically it's different since humans are not such advanced mechanics as nature, but of course comparing the whole brain function to a simple flight is a bit silly