From someone who's mostly avoided the AI craze so far, I think it comes down to a combination of two things. 1) "AI" is in many ways like the unreliable cowork

From someone who's mostly avoided the AI craze so far, I think it comes down to a combination of two things. 1) "AI" is in many ways like the unreliable coworker so many of us have had in the past - maybe someone who talked a good game in interviews, but after you'd worked with them for a while you realize that you have to double-check everything they do for stupid/careless problems. In the worst case, you also have to do some hand-holding as they ask you for help with things that they should know how to do. They can produce good output but they can't be trusted to produce good (or even marginal) output so they're a net time sink. 2) In a frightening number of companies right now, that problem coworker is the owner's or manager's relative and cannot be avoided. So boom, there you go, bad coworkers and a toxic culture that not just protects but promotes them.