Thanks for asking! I was highly interested in computers in the 1970's, and saved my lawn mowing money to eventually buy a TRS-80 Model III for $1,000 in 1982. That money came very slowly at $4, $8, and $10 per pop, plus $2 an hour for baling hay. It had 4k of memory and relied on cassette tape for permanent storage. I ended up teaching the first computer course offered in my high school when the teacher and I came to the mutual realization that only one of us knew BASIC. Then the county teacher's credit union came to me to write an amortization program for loans. Done in ten seconds on The Interwebs today, not so much back then. Never got that thing exactly like I wanted it. I proceeded to community college intending to set the world on fire in computer science, and was disillusioned when the tests were predicated on memorizing COBOL instructions one would easily have on hand, rather than crediting a logical approach to programming. Oh well, I'll always have feelings for you.
Anyhoo, things do progress, but they don't often make huge leaps. I did say "for now, at least" in case ya missed it. I vaguely recall you telling me that quantum computers were a thing back in the oughts, and they're still test stage at best.
And AI is currently a slightly better search engine with a fancy moniker.
It will improve. Duh!
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