However, as Visual Capitalist's Iman Ghosh explains below, in the case of science fiction, the human imagination has gotten a few things right - especially when it comes to futuristic forecasts. Today, the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is transforming everything, but it turns out we had a hunch about it all along.

When AI Comes to Life

Today's infographic from Noodle.ai takes a look at how some movie and television predictions for AI's capabilities have taken hold in the real world.

Many early "predictions" about future technologies certainly missed the mark—but it seems science fiction was able to accurately forecast a thing or two about AI.