Once, people scoffed at 'thinking machines' - AI/AGI.
Then they were sure they could never do human-complex tasks like Chess, Go, or a human-level conversation.
Then we thought that machines would replace mundane, boring work and would never be able to compete with human creativity in the domains of art, music, video, writing, poetry, etc.
Six months ago, people were abstractly afraid that AI would 'take their job' - now we can't incorporate LLMs into our routines fast enough.
Three months ago, AI ethics seemed remote, abstract - someday, we needed to make sure AI wasn't incorporating our biases into credit approval algorithms, or facial technologies worked equally for all skin colors.
In summary - AI/AGI has gone from joke status to world domination.
What new realization will we be staring in the face next week? Or, holy cow, a year from now?