I would not discount NLP tasks just yet. In practice, they are still used to solve problems like spellcheck, autocomplete and even words and text rewrites.
I'd argue that every one of those tasks is better solved with a neural LM. The fact that people still use traditional techniques does not mean those old techniques are better. It just means those tasks haven't caught up to the modern era yet.
Or maybe it's because MLM are too expensive to run. But that's hardly an argument that MLM should solve traditional NLP tasks.
Or maybe it's because MLM are too expensive to run. But that's hardly an argument that MLM should solve traditional NLP tasks.