This kind of reminds me of back when the hype cycle was focused on Messenger apps and the idea of most online behavior being replaced with a chatbot. God I hated the smug certainty of (some, definitely not all!) UX designers at the time proclaiming that chat was the ultimate interface.
Absolutely insane that all the doors unlocked by being able to interact with a computer graphically, and yet these people have visions of the future stuck in the 60s.