...AI answers without independent verification deserves what they get

If everyone used IPV6, and every device was independently routable, we wouldn't need to connect to a server to use a device remotely.
IPV4 and NAT made server connection the only workable option and allowed evil companies to brick devices by shutting down the server or charge outrageous subscription prices to use a device that the user paid for

Public transit is great for people
Somewhere between awful and impossible for people with cargo

Wrong.
AI could be the future of education with expert personal tutors available to all students.
The one size fits all model of education is broken. Smart students are bored, not-so-smart ones are confused and left behind because the there is only one teacher and a large class of students of varying talent.

...increasing trade between nations would reduce conflict.
Then governments started using trade as a weapon

USPS is NOT reliable in my semi-rural area
The local post office is tiny, overcrowded and understaffed
It was designed for letters and now it's overwhelmed with packages
People who work there are not happy

...that scaling will always be necessary to advance AI.
One clever algorithm changes everything

Future AI will change everything in unpredictable ways.
Pundits, hypemongers and lying salesweasels have their own predictions, usually directed toward investors.
Articles like the one posted are based on speculation about how AI will fit into the old way of doing things.
The real future will be different, very different

Deep Mind is working on powerful tools to help scientists
Meta is working on developing fake friends that sell people stuff they don't want

...that deserve to fade away.
Some may survive as art houses or restaurants/bars with entertainment, but the home theater is the best way to watch stuff.

...google AI overview without verification
It has a long history of errors

This is the problem
People who know nothing and base their opinion on fear

I would support toll roads if...
Detection of vehicles was totally automatic and effortless, with no stopping at toll booths.
ALL of the money raised went toward highway maintenance and construction, All of it. 100%. No exceptions.

Hypemongers and lying salesweasels convince clueless executives to deploy immature tech with predictable results.
Future AI may do some of the stuff promised by the hypemongers, but today's AI should be used in closely monitored experiments, far from production systems

It's entirely possible that some investors see that the rush to implement immature tech may not be a good idea.
Hypemongers and lying salesweasels have sold immature AI products to clueless executives with expected results.
Most early deployment will fail to achieve the promised success.
Future AI has great potential, but it's still early in its development.
Unfortunately, clueless executives under the influence of FOMO insist on being part of "the next big thing"