Actually it is somewhat dangerous in that once politicians buy in, they start pursuing policies built around the assumption that this sort of thing is real. Bil

Actually it is somewhat dangerous in that once politicians buy in, they start pursuing policies built around the assumption that this sort of thing is real. Billions will be wasted on military projects pursuing AI-enabled features that are nowhere close to being ready; police are blowing money on facial recognition systems based on misleading stats; and we already see local and national governments salivating over self-driving cars as a solution to public transportation woes. Tax money is and will continue to be given away to corporations who are selling the snake oil of self driving cars rather than that money being invested in real solutions for public transit, or even basic maintenance.