The short version

Ben Thompson predicted on July 8, 2025: “Steve Jobs’ prediction that enormous changes were still to come [after 1985] is obviously prescient: mobile and the Internet have completely transformed the world, and AI is poised to make those impacts look like peanuts.” Verdict: Too early to tell. It is too early to tell if AI's impact will overshadow those of…

Prediction by

Ben Thompson

On July 8, 2025

“Steve Jobs’ prediction that enormous changes were still to come [after 1985] is obviously prescient: mobile and the Internet have completely transformed the world, and AI is poised to make those impacts look like peanuts.”

Follow-up

It is too early to tell if AI's impact will overshadow those of mobile and the internet, as the prediction was made in 2025.

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