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The answer you, and VazScep, are satisfied with perhaps.

The question:

And why would anyone bother trying to build AIs that replicate the meaningless primitive, hairless ape bullshit we engage in for most of our lives?

needs no answering as its been answered by numerous sci-fi authors in past.

You know, the best way to predict future is: a) put time constraint on what future means b) base such prediction on current knowledge, not.