> Like, your exact points work equally well with the polarity reversed: the anti-AI influencer/grifter ecosystem is well-developed at this point, and many people desperately want AIs to be useless

Maybe it's equal for non-tech people. But I don't think a lot of tech people are desperate for AI to be useless, I think they're desperate for it to be useful.

If you're someone who is smart enough to work with or without AI and you just find the tools not that helpful, I doubt you're all that worried about being replaced. But when we see companies increasingly bullish on something we know doesn't work that well, it's a bit worrying.