"AI" (or rather language models) will change the world. But in a very different way. They aren't (and won't become) AGI. They aren't (and won't) replace software engineers (but maybe help them to write better software, or more realistically churn out even more bad software). And they aren't and won't become ultra-wise oracles that can solve any task you throw at them.

But they are an interface between the real world and computing, because everything in the real world revolves around human language. Here are a few things that are actually solved by now, even if we did not yet fully recognize it:

1. automatic human-human translations

2. collection and annotation of all kinds of real-world data (with the help of image recognition, of course)

3. human-machine communication (not decision-making, mind you.)

The most crucial aspect is that other human-machine interfaces will become less relevant. In particular web pages and mobile apps. They might stay as an attempt to capture attention, but they will become less and less relevant for actual usage. Here are a few services that might get by without a web browser or app soon:

1. online banking

2. delivery services (and others like Uber)

3. small business that basically only need to manage appointments online (doctors, lawyers, car shops)