Oh come on, it’s not THAT bad.
AI is a real field of study, and it is actually testable! We don’t have to rely on models and projections, we can code up neural nets and other types of AI programs and let them run wild and see what actually happens.
Sure, they are projecting into the future based on what we know now, but at least the basic science is more solid than climate guessery.
A machine can only be programmed to pretend to be self-aware. It has no soul; it can never be “alive”.
It’s the 100 yr thing, not the study of the issue/technology.
Actually the promise of AI has been out there for decades with little to show until lately.....