I remember re-watching the series sometime in 2018 and fantasizing about having an AI companion like Aelita. Thought the technology was years away and didn't know much about Computer Science, so it simply remained just that--a fantasy--until I forgot about it and moved on.

Interesting to see that just 6 or so years later, every other normalfag is talking to their own AI "waifu"--most likely some other nigga on the other side of the screen; I'm not so convinced it's AI. It's not AGI, so it's foolish to converse with one as though it were a real person--though I'd maintain a certain degree of amicability for the sake of posterity. Just in case...

I see it as nothing more than a trivial novelty--though it's certainly making waves in lots of industries and the economy. There's no way this doesn't end with another bubble economy bursting spectacularly.

I guess we've "returned to the past" to the late-90's, early-00's in that respect. The ride never ends.