On the contrary, I don't think productive discussions (or even interesting ones) can be had about AI. We've seen what it has to offer (not much), now we are just waiting for the hype bubble to burst like it did for blockchain and so many other things before.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are far fewer posts about "politics" than AI, and they all get flagged ruthlessly even when they have a legitimate tech angle.

If people don't like AI related content then I encourage them to treat those posts the way they do politics.