> It found a model. That doesn't mean it can use the model.
It used the model in the only way that was investigated. The researchers tested whether the AI would invent a (known) model and use it to predict valid moves, and the AI did exactly that. They didn't try to make the AI strategize, or invent other models, or any of the things you're bringing up.
If you want to claim that AIs can't do something, you should present a case where someone tried unsuccessfully to make an AI do whatever it is you have in mind. The Othello paper isn't that.
It used the model in the only way that was investigated. The researchers tested whether the AI would invent a (known) model and use it to predict valid moves, and the AI did exactly that. They didn't try to make the AI strategize, or invent other models, or any of the things you're bringing up.
If you want to claim that AIs can't do something, you should present a case where someone tried unsuccessfully to make an AI do whatever it is you have in mind. The Othello paper isn't that.