I guess your perception depends on how many tech hype cycles you’ve lived through. I’ve lived through three for “AI” alone.
Who cares what it is called? I care about the capabilities.
In my experience when people say things like this what they're just projecting insecurity
No, it's not crazy at all. Back in the early noughts everyone was associating themselves with Internet and WorldWideWeb (yes, they used to spell that out). Same thing happening today with AI. It is irritating ...