> My point is that there's no evidence that anything USEFUL or IMPORTANT has come from a system that has gotten so much hype Geez. We are talking about pebble

> My point is that there's no evidence that anything USEFUL or IMPORTANT has come from a system that has gotten so much hype Geez. We are talking about pebbles on a wooden plank. They are not even colourful! Go is super cool game, but it is that. Just a game. We are not talking about curing cancer, or solving world hunger, or reversing climate change here. So by the very formulation a Go playing AI can be cool, or interesting, or promising. But could it really be useful/important with all-caps? It sounds like you have too high expectations here.