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In the general population, there would be a very satisfying schadenfreude in watching the techies make themselves unemployed by their own hubris. I think that's part of the desire for the story to be true.

The other part is that those selling AI want to believe it is as big as the introduction of the internet, and not just another hype train like blockchain. Any evidence that makes the current hotness seem like a tectonic shift is attractive to those types.