It’s mind blowing to learn that AI/neural nets and the like have been in the works since the 80s.. it wasn’t what we know now, but like deep blue, the computer program that won at chess, started development in 1985 and won in 1997 against the world champion (Gary Kasperov). Watson, the jeopardy-playing program, was in the early 2000s.
It’s taken a long time to get from there to the mess we have now, and now it’s all super rush rush.. like chill, slow down and do it right.