AI and human chess competitions

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This is what I think about artificial intelligence (AI). Although AI has surpassed human players in terms of raw calculation and strategic depth, it cannot truly beat humans in chess in every meaningful sense. AI programs like Stockfish or AlphaZero can dominate in games based on rules and logic, but chess is more than just computation. It's an expression of human creativity, emotion, and intuition. Humans bring unpredictability, psychological insight, and artistic flair to the board, qualities AI doesn't truly possess or understand. Furthermore, AI cannot innovate in the same spontaneous, risk-driven way as humans. Its superiority is based on brute-force analysis and pattern recognition, not genuine understanding. More importantly, AI can't appreciate the beauty or cultural significance of the game. While it can win games, it doesn’t play chess the way people do. AI processes, not participates. In this sense, AI may be unbeatable in performance, but it hasn't truly conquered the human spirit behind the game. Reportedly, in a recent informal play-off, "Magnus Carlsen recently beat ChatGPT in an informal online match. The world champion won in just 53 moves without losing a single piece; ChatGPT ultimately resigned after losing all its pawns ." In a formal setting, though, the last time a human won was way back in 2005 when Ruslan Ponomariov won. Since then, no human has ever beaten a top-performing computer. What are your thoughts on this?