Assuming we can fend off one world government and keep some decentralization, my crazy prediction is that there will be lots of different tech variation between nations, with some having strict laws to protect labor and humanity, and others having AI "gods" that govern their region and compete against the AIs from other regions. The AIs may be more or less controlled by cabals of humans behind the scenes that actually run things, constantly tweaking the algorithms to do their bidding.

I don't believe there's such a thing as "sentient artificial life" though, unless you can figure out how to mimic the physical hardware of biological life. (but then you're just creating biological life...) It will be completely believable, but a Chinese Room with nobody inside.

If we have artificial wombs, Elon Musk will use them to populate Mars quickly.

Assuming we can fend off one world government and keep some decentralization, my crazy prediction is that there will be lots of different tech variation between nations, with some having strict laws to protect labor and humanity, and others having AI "gods" that govern their region and compete against the AIs from other regions. The AIs may be more or less controlled by cabals of humans behind the scenes that actually run things, constantly tweaking the algorithms to do their bidding.

I don't believe there's such a thing as "sentient artificial life" though, unless you can figure out how to mimic the physical hardware of biological life. (but then you're just creating biological life...) It will be completely believable, but a Chinese Room with nobody inside.