Someone above mentioned how like smartphones, it’s “here to stay.”
As AI bots are pushed onto more smartphones, it’s all losing popularity.
Smartphones sales are plummeting. People are relearning how to live better without their phones listening in, tracking their daily activity, and causing stress. Kids embarassed by how quickly and skillfully peers can respond to situations without relying on a phone are going to grow up (if they can) wanting their own kids capability of thinking for themselves.
I used to write stories about life with this technology embedded into people’s bodies as if it were normal, but it was (1) dystopian at its base and (2) on a realistic timeline that’s inconvenient to the current billionaires.
Looking at who’s pushing AI development today strongly highlights the dangers, and many people noticing that are interested in learning how to communicate better without third-party filtering, how cooperate directly on creative projects, and how to learn skills more self-fulfilling than how to write effective keywords.
tl;dr: It’s both. The “AI” everywhere will be around in some form for a long time, but it’s overhyped. Like NFTs/blockchains.