The hype actually feels like some of the vintage marketing for BASIC.
"So simple, your boss can do it!"
It's probably been like this every time we go "up" a level of abstraction. We're still needed because complicated shit will always be complicated, and people who make decisions will always need an underling to blame.
We Brits got rid of a lot of them (and laughably called them "smart" motorways), so now we just sit there and watch people burn.