The hype is coming from startups, big tech press releases, and grifters who have a vested interest in raising a ton of money from VCs and stakeholders, same as

The hype is coming from startups, big tech press releases, and grifters who have a vested interest in raising a ton of money from VCs and stakeholders, same as blockchain and metaverse. The difference is that there is a large legitimate body of research underneath deep learning that has been there for many years and remains (somewhat) healthy. I would argue that the claim of "LLMs will never be able to do this" is crazy without solid mathematical proof, and is risky even with significant empirical evidence. Unfortunately, several professionals have resorted to this language.