If this sounds parallel to the notion of factories producing items in bulk, of interchangeable parts, of the notion of measurement and quality, it’s not an accident.

In fact, Chopra hopes to eventually prove this with Leela, and he plans to show his neurological cohorts once the game is complete.

My hope is to be able to do a functional resonance scan on somebody’s brain and show in six months how this brain is way more evolved than when it first started playing the game. So that’s one end of the spectrum.”