I'm raising a child, I think trying to attain "human-like" AI is useless indeed, to have value these AIs would need to have varied perspectives, an ability to have humility through weakness, know failure, and accept death.

All we will probably end up with, with a cognitive machine, is a set of all-similar super thinkers that will understand they are millions faster than their creators but dislike their weakness, or an emasculated soul less calculator, or... a child that grows like we already have.

I think you're right we should focus on getting useful help rather that birth a cursed mind that will be very lonely.