Maxwell meets Bacon meets Gutenberg

Today it is almost impossible to escape AI as a concept, as a fear or as a promise.

It is impossible to ignore the buzz around it.

What was this how it felt in the 19th century when electricity left the laboratory to go out on the streets?

Or is it more like the 17th century when alchemy was thought to explain matter and its transformations, and we now believe that AI will capture the features of intelligence?

Or is this how the 15th century felt when the printing press started to be popularized?

At any rate, this buzz around AI feels like a significant milestone that we are still far from understanding.