I think AI, like NFTs, has use cases that are overshadowed by hype and bad implementations. People using AI as a substitute for web searches must suffer hallucinations at an incredible rate. I've had poor results, at least. Generative AI for images, video, and writing is generally terrible, although generating an outline or getting prompts can work out. It's hit and miss, but I'm mostly in the skeptic camp.
I'd like AI to automatically filter out ever AI-voiced video on all platforms, but noooo... Facebook adds useless search prompts under posts, and Youtube is hell.
The hallucination issue has gotten really bad. A family got poisoned after following “foraging” advice in an AI generated kindle book.
Unfortunately people are using the tools to get out of being involved instead of to help in the effort.