I think even the zany pro-AI types usually come up with "the motorized horse" rather then the automobile.

We've had a lot of hype cycles, but I'm honestly of the opinion that at least in terms of coding, this is somewhat like the consequences of if we invented say, the Star Trek Transporter.

That show notoriously struggles to really show that device at it's full power (because it was invented to solve a budget problem) - whereas if you think about it, the Transporter basically should've been THE reason the Federation had the power it did.