Not even the people predicting it think so. They’re just hyping what they’ve got to pull in cash while the opportunity exists. Soon, AI will be viewed the same as crypto mid-2022. Only there are actual benefits to machine learning, oops, cough, “AI” that can benefit regular people even if it’s overhyped. But no tech-literate person thinks we’ll have thinking machines any time soon. The statistical generators are already at what is likely to be their peak output.