The development of AI has really started to accelerate and we are just in the earliest stages. No one really knows what to expect but we’ve gotten some intimations as, so far, AI has written term papers and collegiate entry essays, is on the verge of revolutionizing legal and medical research, and, soon, is very likely to provide basic medical advice.
The revolution that the Internet sparked, remember, is barely 30 years old (the Internet is older but the revolution started with the web browser Mosaic and look how much the world has changed). AI is going to have positive and negative effects in the future, but also on the past.