gravitycop is talking about the future's potential, no matter how distant. He thinks at some point our level of competition with AI will be equivalent to chimp

gravitycop is talking about the future's potential, no matter how distant. He thinks at some point our level of competition with AI will be equivalent to chimps and us, therefore the same societal roles apply, but between us and AI. You are just talking about the foreseeable future, and don't foresee this happening anytime soon, which gravitycop doesn't necessarily disagree with.