> Had LLMs first been presented as a "better IntelliSense"... very few people would have been upset.

Presenting AI as something it isn't doesn't change the reality which is like the Wait But Why thing https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revol...

That was written in 2015 before LLMs were much of a thing and has been fairly spot on so far. This is not just about LLMs any more than the industrial revolution was just about steam engines.