In the White House, you have to say what Trump wants to hear. If you are a foreign leader, you have to say you’ll share your peace prize with him, because that’s what he wants to hear. TACO is a thing because he wants to say things, but not do things.

In tech, you have to say you’re bullish on AI, because that’s what managers want to hear. They say it their CEO, because that’s what CEO wants to hear. And the CEO says it to the public because that’s what Wall Street wants to hear.

Turn around and ask ChatGPT a question and it tells you what you want to hear, along with a compliment about how smart you are.