AI is not a super-intelligence, and they know it but hype it as a sentient being that will create utopia. They need a justification for the insane amount of money already spent and will say just about anything in desperate attempts to recoup losses. AI is, frankly, less a superintelligence than a form of super-stupidity with enormous power and no capacity for remorse or learning from previous harm caused.
Its certainly not super intelligent or generally intelligent. Its useful sure but it really is being way over done.