I ve been in AI research since the mid-2010s. Post-AlexNet, but to me the field still felt fun and exciting. Nobody knew if what we were attempting was even possible.After ChatGPT, many could be impossible problems have been solved. I should be happy! But I feel the fun has been sucked out of AI research. Everything is about economic impact. Academic labs can t afford GPUs. Big companies are pushing my field s output on people who don t want it.My question is: If you worked in a different field that transitioned from blue-sky to commercial, did you also feel this? Why or why not?