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That "hot new hammer" hype is a good thing given general enough tool, and LLMs very much are that. We did the same with smartphones, the Internet, personal computers, and even electricity.

Some 150 years ago, humanity collectively decided to try and redo everything but with electricity. In some cases, it was a clear success - e.g. lights. It enabled further progress - see e.g. computers, MRI machines, etc. In other cases, it was a failure - see e.g. cars, which still rely on ICEs despite electric cars being first, because until recently batteries just were not there. And then, in many cases the adoption was partial - see e.g. power tools, which are usually electrical, but in professional / industrial use, there's lots of hydraulic/pressurized air powered variants.

All the above took people trying things out, "throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks". We're at this stage with LLMs now.