Honestly, .ai literally reads as the more future-proof option. Especially for individuals and companies dealing in Artificial Intelligence. Ai technology isn’t going anywhere; and the demand for exact-match domains will only grow. For example, a company called ‘My Name Ai’ will likely prefer ‘myname.ai’ over ‘mynameai.com’. After all, the latter is longer and uses an extension that’s not exactly field/brand relevant. Yes, .com is popular and desirable to some; but more people are recognizing they have options outside of pegging the digital identity of self, brand and/or company to ‘.COMmercial’.No. It's going to fade like all others before it.
You are comparing a long-tail three word .com domain with a one word .Ai
Let’s agree to disagree. The perspective I provided is derived from a belief in ‘the evolution of preference’. The same way humans evolve, their preferences evolve as well. Why wouldn’t the same apply with respect to how humans CHOOSE to identify self, brand or business online?
Individuals/businesses are starting to grow out of their complacency with using .com. The closer a web address reads to your own name, company or brand the better. Adding .com to a name isn’t a prerequisite for using, or being successful on, the web as some like to imply.
You alluded to historical trends; and I agree history should be noted. However, we must remember there were likely people who believed horse and carriage would be THE leading means of transportation FOREVER until…..the automobile proved otherwise.
Respectfully, .com had its time. Things are changing. Why? Because they have to. That’s just how life, and business, tend to work.
Mel
I have a Word.ai and WordAi.com and so far the .com is getting way more traffic, however it'll be interesting to see which (hopefully) sells first.
The preference of extensions is conditioned, and it has created a positive-feedback loop. The vast majority of websites people visit use the .com-extension, it is what has been normalized, and if you don't use a .com it comes across as odd, and you'll have to specify that every time. As carrot.ai you can't market yourself as "Carrot" because you'll leak traffic to carrot.com.
It isn't a prerequisite for being successful, but it extremely important for marketing purposes.
Pardon me, but this has to be the dumbest analogy I've read on this site. The automobile filled a role the horse carriage didn't. In contrast, .ai doesn't offer anything that the .com doesn't.
We're not talking about life or business, we're talking about the popularity of extensions, and there's no reason for it to change. You're effectively arguing for silver surpassing gold in value with nothing but poor analogies about how the world is unpredictable and how things change. But it doesn't work like that.
Your response reflects the very reason I respectfully requested we agree to disagree. Obviously, you’re a .com maximalist who believes digital naming can’t, and maybe shouldn’t, evolve. The points I made were merely alluding to inevitable change/evolution. Things do in fact change. Even if not in YOUR mind. 
If you believe .ai doesn’t offer/do anything different than .com, that just speaks to the lack of innovation in the Web2 domain space in general. I’m sure you’ll disagree. But hey, you’re free to go the distance and get a .com tattoo to commemorate your allegiance to the extension. Maybe even get it etched on your tombstone.
In closing, you expressed that a logical, and respectful, analogy was the “dumbest” thing you’ve read in this forum. It’s clear your indecency here is a reflection of your deficiency in character. Regardless of what you believe, names you hold or revenue you’ve generated, hopefully you “evolve” into a ‘better person’. Take care.Mel
.com is king, .ai is extremely popular, jump on the bandwagon
