[lawtalkinghuman]

> I think we must make it clear that this is not related to AI at all

There are clear AI-specific reasons why it's being crammed down everybody's necks.

Namely: someone in management has bet the entire strategy on it. The strategy is not working and they need to juice the numbers desperately.

[philipwhiuk]

It's not really AI itself though, it's just whatever the current hype cycle is - it was crypto and cloud before this.

[marginalia_nu]

Cloud is probably the better comparison, since crypto never had the sort of mainstream management buy-in that the other two got. Microsoft's handling of OneDrive in particular foreshadows how AI is being pushed out.

[antiframe]

I have never received a Crypto spam email from any place where I opted out from it. Same for cloud. It feels different. With crypto it was everyone wanting to ride the hype train. With AI they spent a bunch of money up front and are desperate to see ROI.

[account42]

There is at least a magnitude difference in the spread.