IOTA is and has always been a long-term research project. This is something that is all too often overlooked when people think in the limited "cryptocurrency" framework.
They are not building just another Altcoin. It's a a complete new way of approaching several old problems. And maybe it will even take a decade to get 100% working.
I am looking forward to the time. It will be very interesting to watch and participate as a whole new world is created.
And on the way, step over the burned corpses of all these stupid greedy speculators that add zero value to the project. Very pleasing.
Smart contracts for machine learning and sharing sounds like a good way to increase work efficiency that most humans aren't capable of doing, this blockchain truly has the potential to better the evolution process of societies. I cant help but think that A.I. also could use it to take over the world #skynet...even though i am still a hodler.