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DALL-E was the first development which shocked me. AlphaGo was very impressive on a technical level, and much earlier than anticipated, but it didn't feel different.
GANs existed, but they never seemed to have the creativity, nor understanding of prompts, which was demonstrated by DALL-E. Of all things, the image of an avocado-themed chair is still baked into my mind. I remember being gobsmacked by the imagery, and when I'd recovered from that, just how "simple" the step from what we had before to DALL-E was.
The other thing which surprised me was the step from image diffusion models to 3D and video. We certainly haven't gotten anywhere near the quality in those domains yet, but they felt so far from the image domain that we'd need some major revolution in the way we approached the problem. The thing which surprised me the most was just how fast the transition from images to video happened.