OmaymaS, 
"What do you mean by progress when you talk about AI?" and progress for whom?
I asked the techno-optimist guy at an AI Hype Manel!
Does progress mean getting bigger or better models?
What about the impact on environment, water resources, destruction of communities, mining raw materials in Africa?
He first didn't get my Q. Then he said he believed in the "utilitarian view" & developing intelligence is very important.
Just parroting the AI hype people!