>so far away from being able to construct anything that could think like a human being that the beginning of it isn't even in sight.

To me things like MuZero (learns go etc. without even being told the rules) and the LLMs getting gold in the math olympiad recently suggest we are quite close to something that can think like a human. Not quite there but not a million miles off either.

Both in human terms involve thinking and are beyond what I can do personally. MuZero is already superintelligent in board games but current AI can't do things like tidy your room and fix your plumbing. I think superintelligence will be gradually achieved in different specialities.

>like Leonardo Da Vinci and his aerial screw

that didn't function. Current AI functions quite a lot. I think we are more maybe like people trying to build things that will soar like and eagle but we presently have the Wright bros plane making it 200m.