Most people other than the researchers and hackers, really did not understand what AI was capable of doing. The very idea of AI seemed too abstract to comprehen

Most people other than the researchers and hackers, really did not understand what AI was capable of doing. The very idea of AI seemed too abstract to comprehend(I consider myself guilty). But AlphaGo showed us what AI is really capable of doing in an eerie sort of way and I think interest in AI will soon become mainstream which is a good thing for the development of AI. Now it's at least easier to comprehend the context of all those doomsday warnings about AI destroying humanity which I never took seriously.