This a balanced take on the subject. As usual, opinions on extreme ends should not be taken seriously. Modern ML tools are neither intelligent nor apocalyptic.

This a balanced take on the subject. As usual, opinions on extreme ends should not be taken seriously. Modern ML tools are neither intelligent nor apocalyptic. What they are is very good at specific tasks, and the sooner we focus on those, the less time and resources will be wasted on tasks they're not good at. Benchmarks and puzzles don't matter. AI companies will only use them to optimize their training, so that they can promote their results and boost their valuation on hype alone. They're more useful for marketing than as a measurement of real-world capabilities. Judging by the increase of these negative discussions, we seem to be near or at the Peak of Inflated Expectations w.r.t. AI, and we'll be better off once we surpass it.