Tech has always been like this. On the building side, it has been Cargo Culting for years. If it's not AI, it was microservices, or NoSQL, or the newest front-end framework. The nature of tech meant that we always had to keep up with this stuff, because it helped you land another potential future job.
On the business side it has always been a series of perverse incentives that go counter to needs of the customer.
On the business side it has always been a series of perverse incentives that go counter to needs of the customer.