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Hype cycles are nothing new! Way back in the 1800s they used to have world tech fairs as well which were full of inventions that you’d think were full of shit or utterly dystopian. But adoption mostly depends on the masses, and if they’re not going to jive with something, then it doesn’t matter how many nerds are into it. XR/AR is a good example for now, but maybe that’ll change as the form factor of the tech improves.
I think the main thing that comes out of the AI hype might be digital assistants which know you well enough to assist you like a real assistant, or can do easy but timesink tasks. ChatGPT-based assistants, Cortana, Siri, Alexa are not flexible enough to replace to an actual executive assistant, for example. Any current digital assistant requires a lot of hand holding.
For people who can’t shell out an executive assistant salary, but need one (almost everyone who works), this will be awesome. For people who can afford an executive assistant, their life is complex enough that they’ll assign the EA to something else.