Haven't read the article yet, but the headline is silly. We were never "promised Star Trek" by anyone (Star Trek is fiction), chatbots aren't "lousy" (they are

Haven't read the article yet, but the headline is silly. We were never "promised Star Trek" by anyone (Star Trek is fiction), chatbots aren't "lousy" (they are extremely impressive technology that most people would have thought was impossible ten years ago), and nobody has "settled" for them -- there is still tons of money being poured into improving the current state of AI. "It's not Star Trek" is just an incredible reason to be cynical about a new technological advance.