[kalal]

To some extend I agree, that if you are professional in some are, current LLMs may not solve the issues you are facing. But, while I consider myself as "expert" in one very specific area, and don't find huge help from ChatGPT in that domain, I don't live in a bubble. I have to sometime touch on completely orthogonal skills where I am not expert at all. And in these areas, I get huge benefit even though LLMs give me "average" responses. It is still better than my own, below average judgements. That is very strong point.

[caseyy]

Yes, that is a very strong point. And we all have differing levels of expertise in different areas. We are all pulled up to some extent.

The article, though, speaks about the context of work, research, and industry - the professional context. In strictly that context, if you are "the best" at your day job, perhaps you won't benefit much there. By saying that "the best" benefit more than "the rest", The Economist is completely at odds with reality.