I am sure that wishful thinking / finding what you're looking for is a an occupational hazard for people in the field. I would guess that for everyone, AI resea

I am sure that wishful thinking / finding what you're looking for is a an occupational hazard for people in the field. I would guess that for everyone, AI researchers or not, there's an element of pareidolia[1], humans are always on the lookout for someone to talk to... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia