and thus far companies love to talk about their AI strategies, and love to roll out "alpha previews", but not much of value seems to have been produced

and thus far companies love to talk about their AI strategies, and love to roll out "alpha previews", but not much of value seems to have been produced thus far I think you're underestimating the value of "looking busy" to a lot of these companies. "Sure we're not profitable, but we're only in ALPHA! We're still early!"