Honestly, .ai literally reads as the more future-proof option. Especially for individuals and companies dealing in Artificial Intelligence. Ai technology isnโt going anywhere; and the demand for exact-match domains will only grow. For example, a company called โMy Name Aiโ will likely prefer โmyname.aiโ over โmynameai.comโ. After all, the latter is longer and uses an extension thatโs 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 โ.COMmercialโ.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
Letโs agree to disagree. The perspective I provided is derived from a belief in โthe evolution of preferenceโ. The same way humans evolve, their preferences evolve as well. Why wouldnโt 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 isnโt 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 untilโฆ..the automobile proved otherwise.
Respectfully, .com had its time. Things are changing. Why? Because they have to. Thatโs 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, youโre a .com maximalist who believes digital naming canโt, and maybe shouldnโt, 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 doesnโt offer/do anything different than .com, that just speaks to the lack of innovation in the Web2 domain space in general. Iโm sure youโll disagree. But hey, youโre 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 โdumbestโ thing youโve read in this forum. Itโs clear your indecency here is a reflection of your deficiency in character. Regardless of what you believe, names you hold or revenue youโve generated, hopefully you โevolveโ into a โbetter personโ. Take care.Mel
.com is king, .ai is extremely popular, jump on the bandwagon
