AI is already here - the interfaces may be messy (Siri's speech interface or typing, but humans are using intelligent systems of varying degrees all the time. The real question is how people can adapt to that quickly changing world.

Brynjolfsson and McAfee's new book "The Second Machine Age"is awesome on the general effect of AI on society: http://www.amazon.com/Second-Machine-Age-Prosperity-Technolo...