Richard Sutton apparently disagrees [1]. He argues that it's impossible for anything novel to come from a LLM.

[1] https://youtu.be/kEbVTcncuX0?is=gEMe5zD9sXWD4ONy

Actually:

> its output can be novel or good, but rarely both at the same time.

> rarely

That is not a viewpoint they can't do something useful and new.

With that criteria, he could be talking about anyone.

I find it rare that people critiquing AI today, actually hold people to the same standards. Or are as enthusiastic about referencing ways machines keep surpassing us, as for ways they have not yet, when speaking about limits for progress.