> This all seems premature. So far we have something that can generate text and pictures based on other text and pictures ?

People say this with a straight face having China as an example, and news like this https://www.404media.co/fusus-ai-cameras-took-over-town-amer... and Deloitte alraedy campaigning for predictive policing: https://www2.deloitte.com/fi/fi/pages/public-sector/articles...