I really do believe (believe, rather than know) that some sort of synthesis is necessary, that there's some base facts and common sense that would make AI, as it stands, more reliable and trustworthy if had some kind of touchstone, rather than the slipshod "human hands come with thumbs and fingers" output we have now. Something that can look back and say, "Typically, there's just one thumb and there's four fingers. Sometimes not, but that is rare."