No, I think the arguments you are reading is that this article was poorly written (granted its Ars) and a more appropriate article would have considered broader

No, I think the arguments you are reading is that this article was poorly written (granted its Ars) and a more appropriate article would have considered broader perspectives. This feels like something an undergrad would write for their business management class...btw, your chess analogy is flawed in that there are millions of patterns that a computer can simulate for next play. I wouldn't really call it AI per se.