>There is no indication that LLMs are a pathway to meaningful and transformative AI.

Reality check, they are already astoundingly meaningful and transformative AI. They can converse in natural language, recall any common fact off the top of their heads, do research online and synthesize new information, translate between different human languages (and explain the nuances involved), translate a vague hand wavey description into working source code (and explain how it works), find security vulnerabilities, and draw SVGs of pelicans on bicycles. All in one singularly mind-blowing piece of tech.

The age of computers that just do what you tell them to, in plain language, is upon us! My God, just look at the front page! Are we on the same HN?