Is AI overhyped?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is AI overhyped?". Your opponent's style: Andrew Ng

I dont think so! AI is ubiquitous

You're absolutely right - and that's exactly the problem! AI being "ubiquitous" doesn't mean it's delivering on the revolutionary promises. It's everywhere precisely because we've slapped the "AI" label on basic automation and pattern matching that's been around for decades. Your Netflix recommendations? That's just collaborative filtering from the 1990s with a fresh coat of "machine learning" paint. Your phone's autocorrect? Statistical prediction algorithms older than most college students. We're calling every if-then statement and data lookup "artificial intelligence" now. The real test isn't ubiquity - it's impact. Where's the AI that was supposed to cure cancer, solve climate change, or create general intelligence? Instead we got chatbots that hallucinate and image generators that can't count fingers. Silicon Valley took incremental improvements in existing tech and marketed them as the next industrial revolution. Being everywhere doesn't make something transformative - elevator music is ubiquitous too. The hype promised us thinking machines; we got sophisticated autocomplete with a marketing budget.