The crazy part is that it became banal so fast that people act like it's no big deal and will absolutely insist that the computer doesn't "actually" understand

The crazy part is that it became banal so fast that people act like it's no big deal and will absolutely insist that the computer doesn't "actually" understand anything because it hasn't reached some perfectly interpretable platonic ideal of understanding yet, and anyone amazed that you can talk with the pile of sand is just being naive.