This is characteristic of irrational hype cycles—people experience FOMO about things that they wouldn't in a vacuum be attracted towards.
Bruno Dias
63% of respondents said the risks of using generative AI tools to analyze data and scientific literature outweigh the benefits — yet nearly 60% felt they would be left behind if they didn't use AI tools in their work. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Almost half of the scientists who responded said that they feel broadly negative towards artificial intelligence, but they think that some tools are better than others.