Swords, bows and arrows, castles were all here to stay.
Technologies fade away when they are no longer useful, cost/benefit ratio is too high or something better comes along.
It is question of when.
Bows and arrows are still widely used for hunting all over the world. I was able do freelance work on a relatively low income because of access to ~150lbs of deer meat that came from multiple bow-hunted deer.
So you’re saying today’s models are sticks and stones and you’re looking forward to the nuclear submarine equivalent models?
What tech can you imagine that would make the conversion of electricity into thought 'no longer useful'?
I don't know about you, but I can buy bows and arrows at hundreds of sporting goods stores in my local area alone, and I even know of 2 local blacksmith shops that sell swords.
Castles still exist as well, you just aren't invited to them (which was true for us peasants back in the day, too). Trump is still trying to get one built under the ruins of the East Wing, in fact.
No one is claiming that ChatGPT 5.5 is here to stay and be popular forever. More advance AI models will replace what exists today.
They stopped being used as primary weapons because better ones were found - mostly firearms - not because people got bored of it; or reverted to some earlier methods of warfare.