No, society is mostly oblivious.

Most average people see ChatGPT as just a "chatbot" and image AI as "that TikTok filter" -- neat, but not world changing.

People don't yet understand why the transformer and neural network are revolutionary, because these are hard concepts to explain.

Imagine someone who has a vacuum tube radio. Show them a new transistor radio, and they probably said... "Neat so it's a bit smaller. So?"

The transistor revolutionized the world and allowed PCs and smartphones but this is hard to "grok" until it happens.