They planned nothing. Unless the plan was to transfer the wealth of our country to a few billionaires and decrease the population of this country to 100 million people instead of current population of over 330 million. I took Electro-Mechaical Engineering with concentration in robotics and programming. We discussed this with our professor. That was in 1985.

as said reportedly by Trump as reported in the NY Times earlier this year.

... with my Industrial Engineering professor. He pulled me into the office after I submitted one of my essays.

I remember doing a search around 7 or 8 years ago, asking "when will AI come out?" The top experts on average said around 2040, with a few saying possibly never. Something rapidly pushed it up, blindsiding everyone.