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[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory] Did the programmer successfully create artificial intelligence? If so, why is it overlooked?

In the film while the world is searching for Wonka's last golden ticket, there's a scene where a programmer attempts to use his computer to locate said ticket. In his demonstration to a group of investors he has the following exchange with his computer:

> Computer Operator : Gentlemen, I know how anxious you've all been during these last few days. But now I think I can safely say that your time and money have been well-spent. We're about to witness the greatest miracle of the machine age. Based on the revolutionary Computonian Law of Probability, this machine will tell us the precise location of the 3 remaining golden tickets.
> 
> [he pushes buttons on the machine; the machine prints out a response] 
> 
> Computer Operator : It says: "I won't tell. That would be cheating."
> 
> [he pushes the buttons on the machine again] 
> 
> Computer Operator : I am now telling the computer that if it will tell me the correct answer, I will gladly share with it the grand prize.
> 
> [the machine prints out another response] 
> 
> Computer Operator : He says: "What would a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate?"
> 
> [he sighs, then pushes the buttons once again] 
> 
> Computer Operator : I am now telling the computer exactly what he can do with the lifetime supply of chocolate.

While his attempt to locate the ticket is unsuccessful, he does successfully engage in a conversation with his computer. Furthermore, the computer seems to be aware of Wonka's contest and its responsibility to not get involved.

The creation of AI is far more valuable than a tour of a chocolate factory and arguably more impressive than any of Wonka's inventions. So my question is, why is this overlooked by the programmer and the investors?
gpt
Because the computer is uncooperative, and investors aren't the sort to gamble on it maybe *becoming* cooperative. 

The inventor was probably mad for a while after being humiliated in front of said investors, and said some things he regrets to the computer, but once they both get over that it's possible they *would* forge a new path together. 

However, 

> and arguably more impressive than any of Wonka's inventions

I *would* like to argue this. Wonka did literally impossible things. He was capable of manipulating the mass of an object, and created infinite energy (in gobstopper form). Those are fundamentally more impressive than the ability to think, which many people possess, and some even employ.