What just happened!?

Chronicling the rapid rise of AI...

4/28/20251 min read

It feels like the future arrived overnight. One moment, AI was a niche concern; the next, it dominated headlines, infiltrated workplaces, and reshaped reality at bewildering speed. We're all asking: What just happened!?

This book chronicles the breathtaking acceleration of the AI revolution, not as a dry technical history, but as a series of dramatic, world-shaking moments that caught humanity unprepared. Journey back to the hushed reverence of AlphaGo's "God Move" that stunned the world, witness the scientific miracle of AlphaFold solving biology's grand challenge, and relive the global shockwave of ChatGPT's launch that brought advanced AI into everyone's hands.

Experience the frantic "Code Red" scramble inside tech giants as they battled for dominance, feel the impossible pace as breakthroughs arrived not yearly, but weekly, and grapple with the rise of AI agents – digital minds gaining digital hands to act upon the world. Finally, look ahead to the next potential leap: the dawn of the humanoid robot era, stepping directly from science fiction into our living rooms.

Through gripping narrative storytelling, "What Just Happened!?" unpacks the key inflection points, the hidden dramas, and the profound questions sparked by AI's sudden, explosive rise. If you feel overwhelmed by the pace of change and want to understand the pivotal moments that brought us here – and where we might be heading next – this book provides the essential, dramatic context for the revolution unfolding around us. Understand the story behind the headlines. Understand what just happened.