Serverless (as far as I can understand) is what we can consider as the early stages of the commoditization of compute. Meaning, similar to electricity or tap water, at some point in our lives we will subscribe to a provider and then just plug and play whatever we want to. It is just we are in the early stages.

If you are interested in these kind of stuff, maybe take a look at Wardley Maps: https://medium.com/wardleymaps