> Can you say with your hand on your heart that the typical user experience was acceptable before AI arrived?

I remember using Windows XP (SP3) and Windows 7, Photoshop 7 and CS3, Office 2007, Blender, Winamp, Linuxmint and my computer was a joy to use (with HDD and slow ram)

The internet was mostly a repository of knowledge and communication. I was online maybe 30 minutes every few days. This was around 2010.