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If you see progress of graphics design in the last 40 years, do you have any idea what would be considered a "progress of graphics design" in the year 2100 ?

I mean seriously, it looks like in the next maybe 5-15 years, GPU will be able to render graphics that even another GPU wouldn't be able to distinguish whether its real or fake.

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Graphics aren't really the problem anymore. We've already reached photorealism, and iterative improvements to render it in real-time are developing quickly, while the hardware gets more powerful, efficient and cheaper.

The bulk of the progress will be in human-computer interfaces. We're still mostly interacting with keyboards, mice and 2D touchscreens; voice recognition is still primitive; XR is still experimental and nobody wants to strap a heavy headset to their face, etc.

so no more progress in terms of graphics?

Real time ray traced global illumination is here just not widely available, it is that innovation that I think is the next batch of progress.

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