I recall in the late '80s one of the science magazines put out an issue that addressed various elements of Cyberpunk in the zeitgeist at the time.
One article made a convincing case precisely that learning more about why and how people make incorrect intuitive leaps may provide insight into how to achieve correct ones more consistently, with an eye toward applying the results to artificial intelligence.
So, maybe learning how to create artificial stupidity really is the best path to artificial intelligence.