I agree! And the more nuanced folks in the DC accelerationist camp who I talked to felt this way too. They want AI to be a “normal technology” in the Sayash Kapoor / Arvind Narayanan sense — it’s a tool, it’ll make life easier, but it fades into the background — just like washing machines and high-speed rail. I’m very sympathetic to this vision. Unfortunately a lot of the AI leaders in SF keep talking about much weirder hopes & dreams.