I think the author is implying that even if you can't extract real world value from generative AI, the current AI hype has evolved embeddings to a point they ca

I think the author is implying that even if you can't extract real world value from generative AI, the current AI hype has evolved embeddings to a point they can provide real world value to a lot of projects (like the semantic search demonstrated in the article, where no generative AI was used).