We've already crossed it and I believe we should go full steam ahead, tech is cool and we should be doing cool things.
> Did people freak out this much about computers replacing humans when they were shown to be good at math?
Too young but I'm sure they did freak out a little! Computers have changed the world and people have internalized computers as being much better/faster at math but exhibiting creativity, language proficiency and thinking is not something people thought computers were supposed to do.