The reason AI exploded so fast is simple:
it gives lazy people the feeling of being intelligent
and uncreative people the feeling of being artists.
Nobody wants to struggle anymore.
They just want the result without becoming the person who could actually make it.
the bread and circuses thing sounds so egregious until u see the responses to the superbowl and the halftime show n then it’s like oh yea they got us wrapped around their fingers lol