Hey Marco,
I think the best analogy here is with chess. Computers can develop our understanding of poker and are helpful for training. As of yet, computers have yet to "beat" human poker players in the same sense that they have in chess.
The best chess players in the 1980s and 1990s played against the computers to help develop and program the software. Eventually, computers far surpassed human capabilities in chess, such that the current world champion (Magnus Carlsen) has no chance against a chess engine like Komodo. The amazing part is that human understanding of chess developed significantly, and continues to develop, because of the advances in computers and chess engines. Now people are exploring openings and moves that people never thought possible because of computers.
In the same way, we can analyze our
poker games using computer software and gain insights and develop strategy. This alone has caused the average strength of the player pool online to increase tremendously from 5 to 10 years ago. But there is still a far way to go. As I mentioned, computers have not truly "beat" human poker players such that the best all around poker player (take your pick! Ivey?) has no chance against computers. Once this happens, our understanding of the game will grow in ways we didn't think possible.
To answer your original question, it is unfair to pit a computer against a human in an online setting. Poker rooms do not allow bots and certain software for this reason. In the same way, chess players cannot rely on engines during matches online or over the board.