Following the comments here, yes: AGI is the new Cold Fusion.

However, don't let the bandwagon ( from either side ) cloud your judgment. Even warm fusion or any fusion at all is still very useful and it's here to stay.

This whole AGI and "the future" thing is mostly a VC/Banks and shovel sellers problem. A problem that has become ours too because the ridiculous amounts of money "invested", so even warm fusion is not enough from an investment vs expectations perspective.

They are already playing musical money chairs, unfortunately we already know who's going to pay for all of this "exuberance" in the end.

I hope this whole thing crashes and burns as soon as possible, not because I don't "believe" in AI, but because people have been absolutely stupid about it. The workplace has been unbearable with all this stupidity and amounts of fake "courage" about every single problem and the usual judgment of the value of work and knowledge your run-of-the-mill dipshit manager has now.