AI Is Not Intelligent

The global advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in problem-solving, pattern recognition and natural language processing is notable but it continues to fall short in exhibiting the essential qualities that constitute real intelligence. This paper analyses AI's limitations with philosophical and psychological viewpoints combining them with ethical and technological constraints to show how these systems excel at large data processing and complex tasks but yet remain deficient in the key elements of human intelligence. The operational boundaries of AI systems require them to use statistical analytical models with pattern recognition capabilities rather than actual comprehension or independent decision processing. Without self-awareness artificial intelligence systems create uncertainties regarding who is responsible and how moral judgments should be established. The findings from this paper will advance our current understanding of the distinction between human intelligence and artificial intelligence and the need to understand how AI mechanisms affecting human choices and independence.