TL;DR for the neurospicy folks:
AI is still the shiny new thing. But that won’t last.
Like the internet, it’ll fade into the background and just become part of life.
That’ll take ~7–10 years, but the shift is already happening.
Courses and communities won’t vanish, they’ll evolve.
Our job now? Make AI usable, human, ethical, and creative while it’s still visible.
The moment we stop calling it AI is the moment it wins
Remember when people used to say “surfing the web”? Or “logging on”? Now it’s just… life. You open your phone, and you’re connected. Nobody calls it the internet unless they’re explaining it to their great-aunt or being sarcastic. It’s just there.
That’s where we’re headed with AI.
Right now, AI is a thing. It has courses and communities and branding and newsletters and TikToks and 800 new tools launching every Tuesday. We treat it like a new pet dragon we’re trying to house-train.
But we won’t always.
Where we are now: peak hype, peak confusion
We’re in what I refer to asthe “dial-up phase of AI”. People are curious, some are scared, most are overwhelmed. You’ve got:
Corporate folks tiptoeing around ChatGPT like it might bite.
Consultants naming their services “powered by AI” like it’s a superhero sidekick.
Kids casually using AI to write essays while adults argue about ethics.
It’s loud, messy, and fascinating. And temporary.
We’ve been here before
Let’s take a little trip.
Back in the ’90s:
There were books called What Is the Internet? and The Internet for Dummies
Entire communities existed just to teach people how to “go online.”
People went to cafes just to use the web.
Now? The internet is as unremarkable as indoor plumbing.
That’s what’s coming for AI.
Only this time, the change is happening faster. AI is piggybacking on decades of tech infrastructure. It’s spreading like wildfire because the kindling is already laid.
So… when does AI become boring?
Here’s my take:
3–5 years: We enter the “quiet integration” phase. AI becomes part of tools without being the headline. People use it without realizing they’re using it.
7–10 years: AI becomes infrastructure. Normal. Expected. Invisible. Like electricity or autocorrect or scrolling.
By that point:
We won’t say “AI course” any more than we say “internet literacy course.”
Job descriptions won’t say “must know how to prompt.” They’ll assume it.
Communities will evolve. They’ll shift focus from understanding AI to creating with it, or pushing back on how it’s used.
But won’t that make all the AI courses, coaches, and communities irrelevant?
Not irrelevant. Evolved.
If you’re teaching AI right now, you’re meeting a need. You’re translating the weirdness into something usable. You’re making people feel safe in a space that feels overwhelming.
But in 5 years? That job won’t be “How do I prompt?” It’ll be:
“How do I stand out in an AI-saturated market?”
“How do I express my voice in a world of noise?”
“How do I use AI without losing the human?”
The tools will keep changing. What people will need is a compass. And that’s where folks like you (and me, and maybe us together?) come in.
POV
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” That’s the heart of why AI literacy matters now.
When AI is invisible, the systems running it often stay invisible too. That includes the bias, the gatekeeping, the ownership of data, and influence.
So we need to teach, to build access, to widen the circle before AI fully disappears into the walls.
And then, once it’s normalized, we need to stay vigilant about who benefits, who gets left out, and who’s allowed to shape what comes next.
So what do we do in the meantime?
If you’re an entrepreneur, teacher, guide, or creative, here’s what this moment is asking for:
Be the translator. Help people make sense of the noise.
Be the vessel. Let the tech pass through you into something useful.
Build community around creation, not just comprehension.
Prepare for the shift from newness to normal.
And most of all, don’t wait for the normalization to happen to you. Help shape what normal looks like.