There are, IMHO, fewer reasons to believe they will be able to do that rather than not, though.
The current state of the art is irrelevant. Only the first couple of time derivatives matter.
I would say I got better at both of those over the last 12-18 months. Are your skills static?
Lmao why does it seem outlandish to other people? Perhaps they never thought too deeply in the first place to recognise it.
Really? That's like someone during an economic boom saying "The economy is the worst it'll ever be. There is no reason to expect things to not continue to improve".