I don’t think there are any reasonable arguments against that point, but “LLMs are more than just words” is sort of unfalsifiable, so you can never convince someone otherwise if they’re really into that idea.
From a product point of view, sometimes all you need is Plato’s cave (to steal that from the OC) to make a sale, so no company has incentive to go against the most hype line of thought either.
From a product point of view, sometimes all you need is Plato’s cave (to steal that from the OC) to make a sale, so no company has incentive to go against the most hype line of thought either.