The interviewer in the article had the same reaction I had to this sentence : today, gen AI is very close to be the "cool thing five years ago". Rejecting it is not rejecting the new thing anymore.

We've already seen how it does, we've been suffering its consequences, and we hate it.

I'm way before gen Z by the way. If you can't get young people on your side, maybe you're not the visionary you want to be, Sam.