There's a weird tension between people who say saying "AI is overblown" and people who say "this is the most magical thing I've seen in my lifetime". I lean to

There's a weird tension between people who say saying "AI is overblown" and people who say "this is the most magical thing I've seen in my lifetime". I lean towards the latter but with a healthy dose of "it's deeply weird and hard to get anything useful from". But that doesn't make it any less magical. And no - it's not "intelligent" in any human sense. But I can't relate to people who pooh-pooh it as if there's nothing exciting happening. Either they are deliberately cultivating a dismissive air, or they are deeply jaded and weary. EDIT - There's a 3rd option. People are making a rhetorical point because they perceive a need to correct an imbalance in the general mood. This is actually the most likely explanation and is often under-appreciated as motivator in public statements. I've noticed it in myself frequently.