"The idea that we’d be investing 1% of GDP in AI, I feel like it would have felt like a bigger deal, whereas right now it just feels...[normal]."

Wow. No. Like so many other crazy things that are happening right now, unless you're inside the requisite reality distortion field, I assure you it does not feel normal. It feels like being stuck on Calvin's toboggan, headed for the cliff.

Agreed.