I mean, Lemmy definitely runs more techy than most other places, but I don't know if I'd go so far as to say the average user here knows any better than any Reddit idiot or something lol

And my point wasn't to peer review your example or anything, just to say that people keep complaining about it because these snake oil salesmen keep getting richer while using the same tired lines about how AI will do everything and anything, and do a handstand while it's at it.

It's like all the complaints historians keep finding about that one guy selling shitty copper bars or whatever. Nobody is gonna shut up about it until the bubble finally bursts and these AI companies can't unload their shitty copper on anyone anymore.