Fair point as far as there being low success rate in some ways and over-enthusiasm. But 0% success is a dishonest exaggeration.

He's ramped his own AI spite up to a manic level.

Honestly, this is close to my experience within my org. It is not 0%, but it is very close. It seems like you're just uncomfortable with the author's experience conflicting with yours.

Perhaps it is the wording. For my org, I think people are getting value out of AI use supplementally, but what I would see as "AI projects" are definitely dead in the water.