They come up with a hypothesis like "Every hour of labor shaved off a job by AI gets converted to an hour at the highest value measure". Then they produce very

They come up with a hypothesis like "Every hour of labor shaved off a job by AI gets converted to an hour at the highest value measure". Then they produce very complicated spreadsheets that show how many hours will be saved and multiply this by a very big per unit number. Then they report on the results with very little scrutiny of the methodology. The huge dollar $ign$ blind executive thought leaders, who will rush to adopt - at least for the next 6-9 months. source: former management consultant