Feels a bit like gradually moving back toward analog circuits, step by step.
There is less and less need for the precision that digital circuits provide.
Traditional programming requires the absolute precision provided by digital circuits; a single bit flip can lead to a completely different outcome.
Large models do not require that kind of exactness. They are somewhat like a "field" or a "probability cloud": as long as the main directional tendency is correct, a few individual deviations—or even a whole cluster of them—make almost no difference.