Most people who actually have technical roles within the tech industry and are fluent with LLM-like techs agree on the following :
Technologies like LLMs have utility, but the absurd way they've been over-hyped, the fact they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value.
This is the majority view of experts on AI. But it's silenced by fear of retaliation. And it blocks any normalized view, where AI is just another tech, that could be controlled, bettered, made greener or decentralized.