The first iPhone came out 2007. 17 years and less what it took a modern and connected society to just solve mobile communication.

This includes development of displays, chips, production, software (ios, android), apps etc.

AI is building upon this speed and only has software and specialized hardware and the AI we are currently building is already optimizing itself (copilot etc.).

And the output is not something 'new' which changes a few things like navigation, post service, banking but basically/potentially everything we do (including the physical world with robots).

If this is any indication, its very realistic to assume that the next 5-15 years will be very very interesting.