I think the inflection point was when tech, the valley and the internet itself became mainstream, circa 2000. It came along with millenium hype. Even then only

I think the inflection point was when tech, the valley and the internet itself became mainstream, circa 2000. It came along with millenium hype. Even then only maybe 1/3 of Americans had consistent Internet access, but everyone was talking about it. 'The Matrix' films remember are about hackers. Then the metastasizing with mobile, which really took root post 2010 when even poor people around the globe became connected. I think AI, in the long run, won't be the thing we look at, it will be the internet itself. In 500 years, I wonder if even Television or Radio will be remembered as 'a thing' - they were foundational and transformational, but only for a few decades until the internet took over. The mishmash we have now, may resemble whatever it is we have in 1000 years. Protocols, sources, viewing tech will all change, but I think that it will actually kind of feel similar. It won't have the orthodoxy of 'TV Channels' with 'set program timings' etc..