People who are excited about AI, what am I missing?

I have been skeptical from the start of this current wave of AI and I really don't see the reason why so many individuals believe we are at a major turning point. I have used the vast majority of the free AI tools: LLM, image, video, sound, etc. Each new release, I am impressed for several hours. Then it soon gets to the limit of where I can go and the "we're in the future" mentality goes out the window rapidly. What I'm thinking is the excitement might be more related to the interface, than the ability. People keep telling me that ChatGPT has taken over Google, but when I observe their usage, it seems like the Ask Jeeves days—they just type their full question, not their search query. But if you're not too tech-savvy, it is certainly an improvement to get results via plain language. So I wonder what people who are really bullish on AI think are people like you and me. I'm not asking what will happen in 10 years with AI or whether AGI is possible.I'm not asking about what AI will be in 10 years, or whether AGI will be possible. It's about right now that I'm asking. What is your perspective on the value of today's AI, do you consider it to be an important step or merely an impressive and limited range of tools?