That's an opinion. I don't think you could get a random group of 3 AI researchers to agree on what the long term goal is, or if there even is a long term goal a

That's an opinion. I don't think you could get a random group of 3 AI researchers to agree on what the long term goal is, or if there even is a long term goal as opposed to this simply being a very buzzword- and marketing-friendly area of research at the moment.