Nobody unfairly lost out. Everybody had the same opportunity to cash in their CAI. You didn't pay attention to your investment and it went up in smoke.
@111magic Ignore TheGer - he is an asshole that is too pigheaded to understand that people have unfairly lost out and feel let down by CAI. He apparently is overjoyed that he contributed to other peoples misery and likes to rub salt in the wound at every opportunity.
As far as your CAI go, there is no way that they can be exchanged now - There was a total of 1.6Mil CAIx available and they have all been taken. Send a PM to TheStuhlman with your CAI and CAIx addresses, as well as your balance before the 18th of this month. He offered earlier in this thread to use his own equipment to mine on the multipool to help earn your balance in CAIx - I don't know if this offer is still open, but is your best chance. You won't get it back straight away, but he may eventually come through.
You're not the only person in this situation - I can only hope it works out OK for us all in the end.