Does anyone else kinda feel like the Alex Jones of your family/friend group talking about this stuff?

I sometimes feel like a crazy person when I talk about how transformative AGI/ASI can/will be in the future - and this is a first for me.

I've always been relatively reasonable, calm, non- alarmist and this is the first time I have openly speculated (to a massive degree) about what the future holds.

This shit is making me feel like I'm being viewed as a conspiracy theorist loon sometimes. I only casually bring up AI in the context of potential medical breakthroughs and transforming the labor market on occasion - but even in those rare occasions there seems to be a large degree of skepticism and a generally "okay sure buddy" attitude.

I understand we're all in a massive online bubble. I fully acknowledge that. But the rate of development is really insane and even repeating the opinions of industry experts seems "fringe" to peers in real life (especially those completely uninterested in tech). Anybody else experience this?