People spend time running in races against each other, despite the existence of cars. People spend time lifting heavy weights, despite the existence of forklif

People spend time running in races against each other, despite the existence of cars. People spend time lifting heavy weights, despite the existence of forklifts. People spend time climbing mountains, despite the existence of helicopters. That a machine can do something better than a human, is no reason to pretend that human to human competition is no longer worthwhile. A pleasant game of chess against a friend is as much a psychological battle as it is a tactical one. I never played against computers, they could always beat me every single time. What would be the point? I play against humans, for the same reason I have conversations with humans and not with computers - even as they become capable of even that. I do think that building an AI that does play like a human would be interesting, it's certainly never really been done. But it's interesting because it's an interesting problem to solve, not because playing against such a machine would be any fun.