[NoGravitas]

CEOs know that superintelligence is the only way their unbelievable investments will pay off, and they probably also know that they won't (if they don't know, they certainly don't care). But what's important is convincing investors that a mature industry (IT) is still in an exponential growth period, and they are absolutely willing to hype anything that can do this, up until the point it can't. Thus blockchain and all its applications, now generative AI.