> Except that computers did, in fact, learn to speak.

But prior to it happening it was just a long term prediction that had kept not happening for the longest time.

> Has the climate collapsed?

There's an awful lot of room between "business as usual" and "total collapse".

Must we wait until after bad things have happened to only then discuss what we might have done about them in hindsight? Surely proactively avoiding problems is better?