Ironically, some of the AI 'trustism'[1] is very much driven by anxiety the fear of being left behind if one does not jump on the train.

I agree that it shifts the notion of what is expertise, but for the worst. It's very hard to tell who is actually an expert, and who is mimicking the expert.

The consequences vary from annoyance to downright catastrophe. e.g.: a confidently wrong medical advice

On the other side, sometimes the expertise is not a requirement for the user: "If it works and does what it says on the box, that's all I care".

I like the fact that you use the word "some", awesome to see some nuance. It's a tricky situation.

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[1] I am being an idiot on purpose, I think the word skepticism was completely derailed from its origin and meaning.

A minimum amount of skepticism is very healthy, especially for software engineering. Most software engineers, and science-based professions for that matter, are skeptics at heart. And it's a good thing.

Skepticism is the base of science; science thrived when we admitted ignorance and became skeptic towards our own knowledge.