Maybe that is a reason for some people's negative reactions, but on the other hand there seems to be a lot of unwarranted enthusiasm from another crowd, who see

Maybe that is a reason for some people's negative reactions, but on the other hand there seems to be a lot of unwarranted enthusiasm from another crowd, who seem to think that Friend Computer will soon usher in an utopian age. What currently exists is far from a human-level AGI, and it's not likely that just making a few tweaks would even get closer to that goal. The model doesn't in any sense understand what it is writing, it generates text that is optimized for appearing as if there is intelligence behind it, as long as you don't read too closely. And while we don't have to fear a godlike superintelligence turning us into paperclips yet, there are a lot of potential negative consequences to this kind of limited AI, and very little of value to society. We don't need more efficient ways to generate bullshit or propaganda.