IIRC, Ray Kurzweil predicted just this in his book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" - that we will have AI long before it's generally recognized, because humans

IIRC, Ray Kurzweil predicted just this in his book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" - that we will have AI long before it's generally recognized, because humans will have a hard time conceptually accepting its existence. Given the outraged tone of the article, I can see that clearly.