2014, not early 2000s (unless you were talking about the century or something).
OpenWorm project, not CERN.
And it was run on Lego Mindstorm. I am no AI expert, but I am fairly certain that it is not "far more processor intensive than the most advanced AIs we currently have".
Citation needed on that comment of yours. Because I know for a fact that what I said is true. Go look it up.
Maybe you should be a little less sure of your "facts", and listen to what the world has to teach you. It can be marvelous.
Except it is not 100% efficient.
It will have losses, which will add extra heat to the surrounding area over what was removed from the target area.
Thus contributing to the increase of entropy in the universe. And bringing us one step closer to the heat death.
All you need is a Harley Davidson now.