To me, the most important work in linguistics in my lifetime has been the modern ability of computers to convert spoken language to written language and thus us

To me, the most important work in linguistics in my lifetime has been the modern ability of computers to convert spoken language to written language and thus use it to control software, which I use daily in things like Alexa and CarPlay driving directions. What I’m not sure about is, has the Chomskyan style of analyzing language been useful for that at all? Basically, a lot of pre-1980 theories of mind seemed promising at the time because they had some explanatory power and made sense. But more recently, machine learning techniques of treating the mind more like a large-dimensional statistical object rather than something with complex internal structure seem to be proving more effective. I wonder whether in time the Chomskyan style of linguistics will prove to be a dead end.