Cory Doctorow argues that the pervasive narrative of AI fundamentally changing everything is a fabrication driven by business incentives. He suggests that employees often feign belief in AI's transformative power to maintain their jobs, even when the tools are not genuinely helpful. This dynamic creates a situation where managers are mesmerized by AI, and employees play along with the fiction. AI
IMPACT Challenges the widespread hype around AI's transformative capabilities, suggesting a disconnect between perceived progress and actual utility.
RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice.
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