AI, as a formal field of study, goes back to the 1950s. It’s been in various stages of development and application ever since then.
The very recent exponential growth (probably due to availability of computing power) is what got my attention.
It’s already being abused. I do not believe that the abuse will subside.
AI can give power to people that otherwise are not intellegent enough to gain it on their own. That’s an elementary case of my point.