>what has been developed up until now has a great deal of utility and transformative power

I think we'd be more screwed than VR if development ceased today. They are little more than toys right now who's most successsful outings are grifts, and the the most useful tools are simply aiding existing tooling (auto-correct). It is not really "intelligence" as of now.

>I believe that "LLMs transforming society is inevitable" is a much more defensible assertion

Sure. But into what? We can't just talk about change for change's sake. Look at the US in 2025 with that mentality.