There are lots of people with misconceptions of LLMs. It will take time to adjust.
I reached the same conclusion as yourself, but do see a totally different path to take regarding information propagation (how GPT works). For example, cells merge information monotonically. This is how neural networks balance too, but could be applied in new/undiscovered ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB5TrK7A4pI&list=LL&index=4