@djsumdog I think the people who understand the matter are aware that it's useless except for a few niche cases, and therefore, don't. And those who do not understand, as you say, see it as oracular.

One of my tired tropes is pointing out that the people who discuss "artificial intelligence" inevitably have no useful definition of "intelligence" to begin with, and tend to wax poetic along the lines of Vernor Vinge as a function of what is one of the new religions of the retarded.

The new paganism makes idols of politics, artificial intelligence, the (belief in the) perfectibility of man ("if everyone thought as i do, we would know perfection!"), the (belief in the) perfectibility of society ("we're communism, self driving cars, and a few more robots away from paradise!"), and the worship of self ("my identity matters! USE MY PRONOUNS! I'm dragonkin!", etc.)

AI, the "intelligence" birthed by man is seen as a miracle to justify their faith. "We are godlike, behold: ChatGPT. Or several hundred Indians. Whatever."