This wave of AI hype really brought out the curmudgeons, didn't it? Here we are, with this exciting architecture that is surprisingly applicable to a wide range of problem domains, yet we get "this is like crypto all over again!!1" and "oh everything looks like a nail now, huh?". I mean dang.
It's perfectly natural and allows us to figure out what does and doesn't work, even if it means sometimes we have to deal with empty hype projects.