[unityByFreedom]

> Life, on the other hand, works towards a very ill-defined objective function (survive, collectively) over millions of years; all of the emergent behavior we're astonished by is maybe just side effects of working on that objective

Agreed. Plus think about all the data and processing power that went into evolution. And some folks think because a system beat a human at Go that we're nearer solving life's age old question, that is, the essence of intelligence.