Great piece Giles. AI is still overblown. In the late 80s AI winter when the leading AI scholar, Melanie Mitchel, was graduating from Mich, her advisor told her to leave AI off her CV. Note these numbers: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/08/700_it_jobs_us/?utm_ Plus, when most of AI codes itself, they won't need to hire anyone. However, us Luddites are going to be blamed for this down cycle.