The problem is the only thing anyone thinks about when they think of AI are the flashy front end LLMs. Meanwhile generative AI is quietly being used to drastically reduce R&D times in biology, chemistry, materials science etc.

There are also efforts to combine LLMs with other expert systems that are starting to produce some impressive results. ChatGPT was released into the wild a couple years ago and the rate at which it is iterrating is impressive. An LLM on it’s own will never be the AGI holy grail, however they can be very useful if used appropriately.