My first reaction is surprise.
My second reaction is the same as other responses above. Good for them! AI is becoming increasingly important.
Also the term “artificial intelligence” plus the complexity of the field seem to mean that a lot of people are worried about it, but very few people actually know how it works or what it can do, or more importantly what it cannot do. To me it seems valuable to sprinkle the human and US population with people who actually have some clue (however limited) regarding what AI can and cannot do.