As we blaze through the AI hype-cycle, excitement is matched only in the level of sheer panic it has induced. Is it only a matter of time until we're all replaced by robots?

AI-pocalypse?

First let's clarify what we're on about. Artificial Intelligence (AI) not new: spell check is a rudimentary example and it's been around for donkey's years. Also sat-nav, spam filtering, auto-correct, and more. AI is vital in modern accessibility tools – a point I wish more people would bother to educate themselves on before coming up with blanket bans on "AI" in their respective fiefdoms. But I digress. Not for the first time the goal-posts are shifting. And this time something has snapped in our collective consciousness beginning with the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT bringing Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to the masses in 2023.