I mean you're ignoring an obvious trend. These LLMs are improving rapidly.

If the improvement continues, the LLMs can reach a point in skill where they can replace us. Your statement and this article is gambling on the status quo. That humans will always be better then AI.

Why is this causing so much of a ruckus right now? Pretty much everyone knows chatGPT is pretty stupid when compared to a human.

It's causing a ruckus because it's a herald for a possible future where the AI becomes superior to human problem solving.

It's not a unrealistic proposition given that chess AI and go AI has already surpassed us.