Imaginary problems are the root of bad software
If you only paid $15,000 for all of that technology after only two months and you're salty about not having automatons carrying out your commands, you probably should just stick to your podcast show and thank everyone for delivering something, even if it's a few shades different than what you asked for.<p>These aren't imaginary problems but interesting solutions.  I'd bet that card punching programmers working on the first computers were the first to build interesting solutions along with addressing requirements.  Look at how far managers have evolved since then.