This is an interesting example but it can't be scaled up to have meaningful impact on the level of the economy or society.
The effect right now of LLMs is reducing friction for some people with certain problems, but big important problems are already optimised to much higher levels.
You seem to believe the venture capital money machine that tells you technology and innovation must always be a major disruptive force and solve big, important problems.
Most problems we encounter in daily life are small. If a technology helps solve them faster, at a lower cost, or in a way that was not possible before, I believe it can scale very well. People just have to get accustomed to it.
For example, I fixed my lawnmower recently with the help of ChatGPT. I could have gone to the dealer or asked my brother for help, but instead it was a quick five minute fix that saved me from bothering anyone or spending time searching through manuals and videos for the answer. It literally couldn't have been fixed faster.
I prefer that over augmented reality goggles and other "Big Ideas".
It sounds like we agree? LLMs are great for finding fixes for lawnmowers and other things. Before, easier fixes for those problems weren't valuable enough to warrant any investment.
Therefore, current LLMs won't be a complete upheaval like some are fearing.
Things like AlphaFold might create upheavals in their respective fields but they are very specialised. I'm more enthusiastic about that than chatbots.
The effect right now of LLMs is reducing friction for some people with certain problems, but big important problems are already optimised to much higher levels.