> how in your face it is due to the hype cycle,
I'm really struggling with this one. I think AI (generative and not) is surely fascinating. I should by rights be all up in it. I could definitely get it, I don't think I'm stupid in terms of technology. Regardless of the damage the laser-focus on one thing might (or might not) be doing to rest of industry (and the effect on society, which to be honest, I am conflicted on if we can blame the technology). And yet so much of it is all so...tedious and fake somehow, and just even keeping up with headlines is exhausting let along engaging with every LinkedIn "next huge thing that if you don't do you should find a bridge to live under soon".
It's like that guy who tells you constantly how rich and cool he is. Bro, if you're that cool, let your cool speak for itself. But I'm not sure I want to lend you a grand for your new car.
It's all very much the crypto bubble all over again, at this point. Same hype, same "get in now before you're left behind" (this is almost a sure signal that something is an unsustainable bubble; sustainable growth doesn't require this type of scaremongering recruitment), same level of completely unrealistic promises, same grifters (in some cases, literally the same people).