Could it possibly be related to the dogged persistence of those who would ai all the things?

I've seen quite a few "help, my vibe-coded app doesn't quite work, and it's 16k lines of code, I need a real programmer" posts around the interwebs. And there's the great push to replace workers with ai, irrespective of the clear evidence that this is a good way to tank your product. A lot of sunken cost fallacy roaming about these days.