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[Interstellar]Why weren't unmanned AI surveyor probes sent out into the wormhole before manned missions? Wouldn't that have made much more sense?

Especially considering the human-level AI that was clearly displayed thruout the movie.  If TARS was sentient, why not just send versions of that AI on several probes on different trajectories to map all planets in the new solar system without risking human life?  It would be better to map planets from orbit without having to land on a planet with an AI companion, only to find out that it's either an inhospitable water or ice planet [apparently, based on limited human exploration].

And if signals couldn't be sent back thru the wormhole, these probes would still be much better to use than human craft, right?  When a human mission finally came, it could simply ping the craft that came thru the wormhole to collect their data.  We've been doing that much from Earth for decades without the advanced AI of the movie.
gpt
The AI that powers TARS isn't readily adaptable to new circumstances on its own. It can follow orders and even extrapolate to a limited degree but true creativity is beyond them. If they encounter anything they weren't programmed for they could very easily get stuck in either a software or literal sense. Coop said as much at one point in the logs.