Even if the impact of personal computers, the internet and artificial intelligence will build on each other, if we really had to boil down the specific advances each brought (or should bring, in the case of AI), in a single word (which is difficult), it would likely look something like this:
Yes, PCs led to smartphones, which now are arguably the most-important personal computing device.
Yes, the internet enabled communications, transactions and information sharing without borders (including social media, search, e-commerce and mobile commerce). Still, in a single word, connectivity is about the best moniker.
We still have to see what AI brings, but the potential value of enhancing decision-making, automating complex tasks and enabling highly-personalized and contextual experiences, summed up in just one single word, is really automation, the ability to support both routine and more-complex operations to enhance human decision-making or some other human activity (whether based on sight, smell, hearing, speaking, writing, creating art, using muscle power or thinking).
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