Two comments:

• GPT-4 shows the pace of progress in ML/AI. You couldn't conclude much about the trajectory of progress based on ChatGPT alone, but you can draw a (very steep) line between two datapoints and reach the obvious conclusion, i.e. holy s**t.
• Science fiction is a mess. Real technology looks set to overtake fantasies about the far future. What can you even imagine about thinking machines that now seems clearly out of reach?