Why bother issuing such a challenge? You'll win today, but lose decisively in only a few more years.

So you are saying they are right but they are just a few years off? That is the same as being wrong.

We'll have self-driving cars by next year, right?

Those are a tougher nut to crack because the entire road transportation infrastructure is designed for human drivers. Lots of so-called "wicked problems" that don't exist in the art world.