Imo, they dont care if it is useful or if it is good enough to destroy half the population worth of jobs. I think that some assholes did a big ass investment that is running on the potentiality of AI as it was being sold 2 years ago.
People realized that it was just polished shit "too soon" and they are now forcing us to use it just to make statistics and slogans. I think that the target isn't us but other investors. They are trying to stop the bubble from popping too soon.
So, the best way to combat it? Im in between making it irrelevant or use it just to make the most cringiest slop imaginable. Probably the first one it is.