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I think what matters most is that we now know that it's possible, that a computer mimicking most of our abilities (but not all) which we have long considered intelligent is obviously possible in some indeterminate future.

It's not obvious how long until that point or what form it will finally take, but it should be obvious that it's going to happen at some point.

My speculation is that until AI starts having senses like sight, hearing, touch and the ability to learn from experience, it will always be just a tool/help/aider to someone doing a job, but could not possibly replace that person in that job as it lacks the essential feedback mechanisms for successfully doing that job in the first place.