i want to see the actual use cases for these less than perfect AIs. only recently they've become useful enough to actually assist with coding, which is indeed impressive, but what else can they really do?

they can answer questions, yes, but it's tough to tell if it's telling the truth or making stuff up which is kind of a problem. code at least compiles or doesn't so its easy to verify.

Dwarf Fortress shipped 160k units in 24 hours, and moreover people paid money for it. That won't make a dent on the course of history.

https://cogconnected.com/2022/12/dwarf-fortress-sells-160000...

The first iPhone forever changed how people use and perceive smartphones as well as how they are built. It only sold 6 million units over the course of 13 months, an average of 15k units / day.

I too can pull up completely irrelevant statistics.

I'm not sure I understand. TapWaterBandit asked for a fairly specific example of something and I gave one. Could you elaborate on what your disagreement is?

I misunderstood the intent of your post. But also, DF is not a tech demo... it's been around for two decades. And it's not new technology.