In some ways, it is the hype around large language models, not AI as a whole, that needs correcting. It has become obvious that LLMs are not the doorway to artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a hypothetical technology that some insist will one day be able to do any (cognitive) task a human can.
I think this is the sober take. It doesn’t appear that LLM will bridge to AGI. And A LOT of speculation in the ai companies is based on this assumption it will displace labor costs. That doesn’t look like its going to happen on a meaningful scale.
Quote Citation: MIT Technology Review, “The great AI hype correction of 2025 | MIT Technology Review”, December 15, 2025, https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1129174/the-great-ai-hype-correction-of-2025/