As you say Rip - it is only programming...in cahoots with algorithmic forays into a false dawn -- I can see this AI, no matter how false its thoughts and prophecies, exceeding human capacity and building ever-more efficient machines to do jobs humans no longer wish nor indeed even know how to do - Thanks to AI, ironically - thus, eventually human regeneration drops off until the machine becomes dominant - after that point, the jury might be still out!