This deterministic approach to tech has a long history. It’s been applied to the influence of the printing press, as well as to the rise of automobiles and the infrastructure they require, among other developments.

vintage cars mix with traffic in a small city street
The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight. Bbeachy2001/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
But I believe that when it comes to AI, the technological determinism argument is both exaggerated and oversimplified.