In summary, AI has tricked a bunch of philosophy majors into not only thinking it's more than linear algebra but changing their entire life trajectories because of their confusion. AI seems to be a very alluring tar pit for the non-technical. The sad part is how this negative externality of AI is being actively encouraged for political ends.
To be fair, AI is also a very alluring tar pit for the technical.
The strange part is that they seemed to have tricked AI companies too.
Philosophers were discussing that question far before LLMs were around.