"that future" for sure is coming. The question is when. And, to me, it's pretty soon, within a decade.
If you take the evolution of human history, the progress we have made in last two decades are more than the rest of human evolution. Now, we have science, technology in its most advanced form. AI gets fitted exact right to enhance the progress. And, with the speed, we are progressing, "that future" is eminent.
it's not a matter of if, but when