I can understand your point, but I think the biggest differentiating factor when it comes to AI is that for maybe the last 20-30 years the biggest cultural touc

I can understand your point, but I think the biggest differentiating factor when it comes to AI is that for maybe the last 20-30 years the biggest cultural touchpoint for the term 'AI' was the concept of 'it going nuts and taking over the world, enslaving/killing humanity', so I expect that to play into the public perception a little bit. It could be as simple as 'AI has a brand problem Google are working on solving', once that's been eroded in some way I'd essentially agree with you, I just think it's a looming perception issue.