[squidbeak]

Perhaps in that case the critics should bend their ire on the marketing departments, rather than trashing the tech?

Really though, the potential in this tech is unknown at this point. The measures we have suggest there's no slowdown in progress, and it isn't unreasonable for any enthusiast or policy maker to speculate about where it could go, or how we might need to adjust our societies around it.

[nottorp]

> it isn't unreasonable for any enthusiast or policy maker to speculate about where it could go

What is posted to HN daily is beyond speculation. I suppose a psychologist has a term for what it is, I don't.

Edit: well, guess what? I asked an "AI":

Psychological Drivers of AI Hype:

  Term                   | Driver                | Resulting Behavior

  -----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------

  ELIZA Effect           | Symbolic projection   | Treating a script like a person.

  Automation Bias        | Cognitive offloading  | Trusting AI over your own eyes.

  Techno-Optimism        | Confirmation bias     | Ignoring risks for "progress."

  Interface Familiarity  | Fluency heuristic     | Friendly UI = "Smart" system.

By the way, the text formatting is done by the "AI" as well. Asked it to make the table look like a table on HN specifically.