I agree with you, but then consider all the influential people who think the exact same category of technology--AI aka machine learning--will produce a self-dri

I agree with you, but then consider all the influential people who think the exact same category of technology--AI aka machine learning--will produce a self-driving car that is safer than human drivers, or take away every human job in X years. I think it's very worthwhile to point out these seemingly basic errors as a way to maintain appropriate skepticism about the limits of our technology.