I am maybe not so young and have lived through various hype cycles as well, plus I'm sceptical wrt AGI/sentience via LLMs as well as being a "they should call i

I am maybe not so young and have lived through various hype cycles as well, plus I'm sceptical wrt AGI/sentience via LLMs as well as being a "they should call it ClosedAI" moaner to boot. So I think I'm pretty hype-averse and a natural scoffer in this instance, but the reality is I've been stunned by the capabilities, and think we are in a transformative cultural moment. I know "this time it's different" is part of the hype cycle meme, but you know what - this time...