but as you seem to be implying, right reasoning along one line of thinking applied to a narrow normative context is often also in accord with a broader context, even when the subject is themselves not capable of reasoning on or conceiving of the holistically larger level, (which is to say, when somethings right, there are multiple ways of getting there/demonstrating it as such).

to that end, the great popularity of multiplayer pvp vidya in recent years strikes me as a perfect opportunity for galvanizing AI research by hosting leagues or tournaments for bots to compete against each other in various games, like starcraft, team fortress, LoL(casual, but also popular), or 4x/grand strategy.

a real time ranked ladder would likely attract a large amount of attention from both hobbyists and industry professionals alike, who wouldent want to put their name on the map while fulfilling their interest? thats the kind of arms race where everybody wins.

but, as it stands, most things about the current state of affairs says ‘stuck’ to me. no transcendent thinkers changing paradigms, nor really any impetus towards spaces for projects to engage with being to see how its geist is expressed definitely (ie, areas of competition). AI, as such, simply doesnt seem to have many applications at the moment, and until that changes, real progress would necessarily depend on refining understanding of higher principles.

Not going to happen any time soon. As computers do more and more intelligent stuff, such as playing chess, it becomes more and more obvious that something is missing that all creatures in the ur-bilaterian clade possess.

And we cannot quite put our fingers on the missing magic ingredient, perhaps for the same reason as fish cannot see water.