We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.
As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.
It's easier to invent the future than to predict it.
An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.
It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships.
Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.