[edgyswingset]

In consumer products, perhaps not. Business systems? Oh, you betcha.

Note: I'm interpreting AI as "also the very useful subset of AI called Machine Learning" here. ML is already in so many things, but I think it truly has yet to take off. But I very much believe that it will be ubiquitous. It's probably worth it for programmers to learn some of the basic algorithms, general approaches, and what they're good for.

[axaxs]

I agree. That's kind of my point. AI now seems tied to data mining consumers. Consumers don't want this. It is much better served behind the scenes, or in business settings. The majority of people just don't want a creepy assistant.