I get your point and I agree to a certain extent. However, it's arguable that everyone shares the same aim, that is, to understand reality. Some want to go down a road, no matter how it got built, or, some think, or better don't think, no matter where it leads. In that world, an artificial entity that can 1) create an aim and 2) build enough understanding to execute and 3) execute could be valuable. Right now we're at the 3) in the specific context of byte arrays. Now, an artificial system that could also understand, i.e. possess some kind of structure of concepts, and from there also produce the "need" to create something, that would be a huge leap forward. Forward toward what? I don't know.