Watching people panic about AI feels exactly like the early internet all over again.

A viral post argues that the current panic over AI is identical to past fears about the internet, smartphones, and social media. The author, a German speaker, notes that critics who call AI "dangerous" or "useless" are repeating the same arguments used against every major tech shift. They predict that in ten years, AI will be as normalized as Google Maps, and today's dramatic conversations will seem laughable in hindsight.