The current strategy of the AI hype machine is to exhaust people's reserves of attention by presenting a never-ending stream of hard-to-verify "positive" claims. It's Gish Gallop done on the Internet scale with a never-ending parade of tech influencers, proxy "journalists" and low-value accounts. The whole strategy aims for saturation and demoralized acceptance.

It's no surprise that people readjust their immediate reactions by expressing hostility and skepticism about anything AI-related without spending much time on analysis. In fact, it's an entirely rational repones.

Complaining about it without acknowledging the larger picture is disingenuous.

In this particular case, using the term "machine learning" would likely avoid the immediate negative reaction.

It feels related to “it’s easier to argue with a smart person than an idiot.”

It’s really exhausting to feel negative all the time when faced with the cavalcade of terribly weak claims.

Written like someone who hasn't used AI since the great paradigm shift of December 2025.