Future programming will be about simulating reality for a mini human brain to convince it to hallucinate how you want. Arranged in an array so the non conformists get automatically flushed and replaced.
I say "future programming" but it is very much reality already. Something like 500 bucks a month to tinker with the torment nexus. https://finalspark.com/
@mauve https://corticallabs.com/cl1.html
In their launch paper they teach it to play pong through reinforcement