Microwave oven may not be the best analogy but its a better analogy than Segway because both microwave ovens and LLMs are both definitely not failures. Millions of people pay to use LLMs now. Certain jobs have been entirely eliminated by LLMs (media back office notable - dividing video into distinct scenes, etc).
So the point is even successful new technology can be over-hyped.
Of course, LLMs may or may have a functionality that expands to everything also. Unlike a microwave over, if LLMs have limitations, those limitations aren't visible.
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Microwave oven may not be the best analogy but its a better analogy than Segway because both microwave ovens and LLMs are both definitely not failures. Millions of people pay to use LLMs now. Certain jobs have been entirely eliminated by LLMs (media back office notable - dividing video into distinct scenes, etc).
So the point is even successful new technology can be over-hyped.
Of course, LLMs may or may have a functionality that expands to everything also. Unlike a microwave over, if LLMs have limitations, those limitations aren't visible.