Hi @steemed, you may be interested in a new subset of AI I'm researching, Swarm AI. I think it's promising for machine intelligence because it goes beyond merely using statistical inference and neural nets. But what's interesting is that a Swarm AI network of humans could evolve into a network of bots that work on trivial tasks organized by a self-optimizing stigmergic algorithm, from which a general-purpose intelligence may emerge.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@miles2045/steemit-as-a-stigmergic-artificial-general-intelligence-with-human-values