@daringfireball@mastodon.social The main difference between the early days of Internet (early 1990s or 1980s if you want to count Usenet) was that no regular Jane or Joe had a clue what it was or cared about it. Smartphone era: Regular people had heard of the Blackberry (not a Smartphone), but when the iPhone came out in 2007, they just thought it was a toy. AI, in 2026 is completely unavoidable on media, TV, anywhere. Most people are not well informed about AI, but they are forced to have an opinion