There's a lot of credulous repetition of these claims, and not just by AI's boosters. AI *critics* are also prone to engaging in what Lee Vinsel calls #CritiHype: criticizing something by repeating its boosters' claims without interrogating them to see if they're true:
https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5
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