I think the sentiment is warranted in some contexts, but in others it just seems dismissive.
For instance, I am not impressed by ChatGPT's code output. It seems to be incapable of understanding the nuance that is required to modify known or similar solutions to fit a novel problem. In that sense, I don't think it's doing much more than a search engine. It could be it just hasn't had enough training examples. It could also be that there is something uniquely more difficult in regards to solving novel problems via code (I doubt this).
But to get a marketing campaign and a website (albeit in mediocre quality) from text prompts is truly amazing imo. A lot of people are missing the point that these models are in the toddler stage of their life.
I think the sentiment is warranted in some contexts, but in others it just seems dismissive.
For instance, I am not impressed by ChatGPT's code output. It seems to be incapable of understanding the nuance that is required to modify known or similar solutions to fit a novel problem. In that sense, I don't think it's doing much more than a search engine. It could be it just hasn't had enough training examples. It could also be that there is something uniquely more difficult in regards to solving novel problems via code (I doubt this).
But to get a marketing campaign and a website (albeit in mediocre quality) from text prompts is truly amazing imo. A lot of people are missing the point that these models are in the toddler stage of their life.