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.