Super frustrating the AI Chatbots are infecting my Firefox browser now. It looks like malware and pretty much acts like it since it cannot be disabled from the sidebar outside of closing this window. I like vertical tabs, but they require so many other options by default. Even more frustrating that the URL goes to a chrome browser link: chrome://browser/content/genai/chat.html
Alarms very heightened.
My take on it:
It's theorized that innovation is the leading force that makes capitalism go forward and get out of a cycle of crisis, and we've been in a crisis for quite some time already, so corporations are desperate for innovation. You might have observed how the word innovation has been used a lot in the last decade, from tech news to universities and investments, all desperate for innovation, pushing anything as innovative.
Then generative Ai appeared and is something that can look impressive at the surface. Corporations believe it to be THE INNOVATION. The one they have been seeking for a long time, that will change the world and create an economic boom just like post-war usa. So they invested as hard as they could and are pushing it as hard as they can.
People in positions to influence product direction must always be demonstrating that they're "innovating" like this to justify their existence and typically inflated salaries.
I remember when big data was the buzz. Everyone had to have big data, but nobody knew what to do with it. I would do presentations to rooms full of execs, and they would brag about how much data they had, but none could tell you how it added any value.