The vision they are selling is that AI will replace high value professionals in the economy. It's a vision that entails the collapse of the entire western socie

The vision they are selling is that AI will replace high value professionals in the economy. It's a vision that entails the collapse of the entire western societal model. If you believe in that investing in them becomes a existential matter, and the actual immediate value doesn't matter. You simply can't afford not to invest. The numbers are meaningless. They are just meant to evoke "we will control the economy".