The "nerds" are having their say and arguing it out, mostly outside of the public view but the questions are too nuanced or technical for a general audience.

I'm not sure I see how the hype intrudes on that so much?

It seems like you have a bone to pick and it's about the attention being on Musk/Altman/etc. but I'm still not sure that "self-serving media pollution" is having that much of an impact on the people on the ground? What am I missing, exactly?