Is AI Really the Future of User Interface?

The internet is always speculating and wondering about what's to come, in terms of access modes, once mobile and screens have ceased to be the latest shiny new thing. The theory is that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be the next evolution; and precisely because of that prediction about AI (plus its other uses), we witnessed an unprecedented technology gold rush in 2017. The craze about AI had people investing millions of dollars into new products and services, and hand-wringing skeptics forming think tanks to postulate about the end of the world. But, for all of the speculation, what did AI actually do in 2017? And, what's it poised to do in the coming year?