AI is that infamous field where the experts never saw any abrupt change coming. AI winter, deep learning, now LLMs. What makes you think they're correct at predicting the limitless-ness of the current approach, this time?
I have a serious trust issue with expert opinions based on beliefs, extrapolation, and gut feelings, instead of facts. Especially when they have a vested interest to ignore immediate issues at hand (privacy, power concentration etc) and tend to focus on hypotheticals that are supposed to come after higher order effects come into play. And especially when these opinions enter a feedback loop with an uncanny resemblance to a religion. Experts can convince themselves of anything. (source: being one in my area)
I have a serious trust issue with expert opinions based on beliefs, extrapolation, and gut feelings, instead of facts. Especially when they have a vested interest to ignore immediate issues at hand (privacy, power concentration etc) and tend to focus on hypotheticals that are supposed to come after higher order effects come into play. And especially when these opinions enter a feedback loop with an uncanny resemblance to a religion. Experts can convince themselves of anything. (source: being one in my area)