To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a man to care about something, when his salary depends on his not caring about it.
A lot of money has poured into AI, money potentially well in excess of the return on investment over the next several years. The field, from investors to CEOs and downwards to developers, is in a state of collective suspension of disbelief. There is going to be a lot of people out of work when reality reasserts itself.