To be honest, I am a contrarian at heart. I also love to have friendly debates. I also really love to take the opposite position of what I really believe/think and try to strongman the other side. In this case, I really do love AI, but I might be overdoing it a little in my arguments for fun and persuasiveness.
No body should take me TOO seriously in the water cooler when I start to sound too extreme. 
I may be playing and enjoying myself since it’s the watercooler. And I enjoy such conversation. In this case, taking the position of AI lover is not only easy, but the conversation would be slightly more boring if nobody else like me took the opposite position from our froggy friend. We’re just dancing with the subject for fun…at least for me…