Seriously. Neural networks can approximate literally any function, and the lumbering giants have all decided ‘what’s the next word?’ is the only function worth pursuing.

It’d take a sliver of their current budget to try starting over like it’s 2020. Compare with benchmarks that now look quaint. Enjoy some wisdom where previously they could only guess. Buuut nope: all LLM, all the time, and big big big.