Well, any and every promising new thing gets overhyped.
(because the press, and experts -- whether real or just self-claimed -- and enthusiasts have plenty of incentives to hype new things and few reasons not to)
But that's independent of whether or not the new thing actually has merit.
Even when the new thing really is the next big thing, the hype almost invariably runs far ahead of schedule.
Personally, I think the jury is still out on chatbots.
(because the press, and experts -- whether real or just self-claimed -- and enthusiasts have plenty of incentives to hype new things and few reasons not to)
But that's independent of whether or not the new thing actually has merit.
Even when the new thing really is the next big thing, the hype almost invariably runs far ahead of schedule.
Personally, I think the jury is still out on chatbots.