A technology that is to succeed in the market - overhyped or not - needs a name that can be infused with aspiration, can be a receptacle for desire. Cloud computing blithely surpassed "grid" and "utility computing" because cloud could hold anyone's dream. Today's out-of-the-box solution "AI" (which took over in the popular press from GenAI and ChatGPT) fits that bill.
Let's say the matter under discussion was a problem such as graffiti on gravestones or ajar manhole covers.
No matter.
The word "AI" came up. Helpful to collaboration. Maybe in some instances. The politicians' problem is that they "can't hire enough people to do all that needs to be done" and are looking for AI [read: GenAI] to improve collaboration and productivity.
So naturally they are receptive to the claims of somewhat imminent AI innovation.
If I talked with a VC just about before the time ChatGPT came out, they'd be quite receptive to a new boom mechanism... after large interest rate increases. It was foisted for apparently free upon the world.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-traffic-google-ai-optimization-project-green-light/61828648
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