It doesn't blow anyone's mind because it hasn't been impressive for a computer to play chess for 40 years. "We made something worse than existing solutions by using a new technique" is not an impressive feat.
It's literally generalized intelligence. Yeah, I had a shitty chessboard back in the 90's that was specifically programmed to play chess. That same board couldn't tell me the best medication to use to treat a certain condition or how best to modify a model in Blender.