I disagree: You could lobotomize all the social-interaction parts of a model and it would still be very useful for practical purposes. Personally, I think it would be wonderful if we had models that knew how to debug javascript or look up a missing shipment at the warehouse, but didn't know how to pretend to be someone's friend.
If, as you suggest, fewer humans find it compelling to spend hours talking to a machine, so much the better.
If, as you suggest, fewer humans find it compelling to spend hours talking to a machine, so much the better.