If they had actually discovered a cause of autism, or even substantially advanced research in that area they would have announced it right away, rather than engaging in this hype cycle bs like they are trying to defraud a venture capitalist.

I feel the same way. This style of thinking can have pretty serious consequences for decision makers.

But, on the other hand, all my bosses think in bullet points, and I am usually the one that writes the bullets. . .

CEOs think in bullet points. LLMs can spit out bulleted lists of confident-sounding utterances with ease.

It is not too surprising that people who see the world through overly simplified disconnected summaries are impressed by LLMs