This is the second post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of AI hype in order to help us understand some of the real dangers we face from AI use and highlight hopeful avenues of effective resistance.  Part I provides an overview of my argument.  This post debunks the hype surrounding the large language model (LLM) generative AI systems (later to become multimodal AI systems) produced by leading tech companies, in particular ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), Grok (xAI), Copilot (Microsoft), and Llama (Meta). 

Failure to launch

Tech leaders want us to believe that AI is an overwhelming force that cannot be stopped; that our only option is to make peace with it. As Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, told attendees at his 2026 University of Arizona commencement speech: “When someone offers you a seat on the rocket ship, you do not ask which seat. You just get on.”  Not surprisingly, his speech was met with loud and steady boos by the graduates.

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