I knew something big happened as soon Dall-E come out. I'm not saying I didn't laugh at the funny pictures and ridiculous fails too, but I knew it would be a big deal. Maybe it's because I understand the limits of conventional software a little better than the average person. They taught a computer to do something that seemed impossible. Whether it was useful or not, I could tell it wasn't just a gimmick, it was a breakthrough.
So I guess that's where I'd put the start of the AI age. To be clear I'm not claiming I knew where we'd be in 5 years (or else I'd have brought a whole lot of Nvidia stock...) but I couldn't say anything that happened since then came as a surprise exactly either.
Depends on what you mean. Did he break some fine point of campaign finance law? Could be, I'm not a lawyer. Did he do something 34 felonies worse than every other politician? Hell no, this was purely political and it couldn't be any more obvious.
Aging, apparently.