So to dismiss the “AI Snake Oil” (a diss no?) part of their argument elides their skepticism (resistance?) of AI. Is it merely the zealous resistance vs enlightened adopters or is there more ambiguity?

You’re not claiming they are saying AI will be like electricity though right? Normal technology can be transformative or merely functional.

And Narayan and Kapoor at Princeton and their “AI Snake Oil…”. They too are part of the benighted resistance?

Are you reading Gary Marcus, Ed Zitron, Emily Bender, even Benedict Evans? Would you include them as part of the resistance?