> all we've been able to build so far are number crunching machines, which absolutely don't give any kind of meaning to the numbers they see passing by
All humans are just protein factories, which don't have any meaning other than electrical pulses and chemical reactions.
Apart from the fact that the OP was talking about giving meaning (Chinese room, anyone?), not having meaning, I think that too is up for debate.
For sure there's no clear, agreed, universal meaning, and most likely it does not have a meaning to you. Not everyone thinks like that, though.
edit: [OT] "have a meaning to you" or "for you"? I have the impression that there's a slightly different interpretation, and one might be offensive (not intended). Or are they the same?
All humans are just protein factories, which don't have any meaning other than electrical pulses and chemical reactions.