The whole world is becoming an the onion article

Of course there's a campaign. The US also has it's own campaign against Chinese AI; see AI the export controls, especially as it forces the West to abide by.

AI is over-hyped no matter where it's from.

Bitcoiners pivoted to AI so hard when they saw actual money to be made. Now AI is turning into as bad of a bet as Bitcoin, so not surprised that the "Bitcoin Policy Institute" would write something like this.