It is also critical to remain optimistic and yet skeptical at the same time.

I agree.

What do you think about having elections for different AI programs?

Every election cycle, people would be able to vote for the program they think is doing the best job.

The really cool thing is that if you know of a city or state (or even country) that seems to be doing really well, you could vote in a copy for your city or state (or even country)...?