Yeah, between the physics and chemistry[1] prizes, it really seems like the committee thought, “that AI thing is big, we should do something”. The peace prize seems often hit or miss (all three non-science ones IMO). The Obama one was just ridiculous. This year’s seems reasonable-ish. [1] the chemistry one makes more sense, but it does sound like it hasn’t had much benefit yet[^].
TTFN - Kent