To be fair, I think this is a normal reaction to hyped AI in gaming. I remember reading an article (comment chain?) some time ago on here about how a lot of people though Deep Blue would beat Kasparov through some sort of advanced understanding of the human mind, a new sort of intuition, etc. But ultimately it came down to being able to brute force the potential move space quickly. The games will change but I wonder if the overarching effectiveness of AI victory through computational brute force will.

> being able to brute force the potential move space quickly

MC sampling is an essential tool (when used together with simulation and neural nets). Don't dismiss it yet, it has a lot to offer to deep learning. For example, if you don't have enough data, you can create it by brute forcing / simulation.