But perhaps we should regard it as a major achievement.

I mean in the same way getting Wolfram Alpha to solve a really hard/ugly differential equation I suppose

Insane that we have a system capable of making innovative math proofs and people dismiss it as unimpressive

The creation of the system is deeply impressive, so are compilers but I don't raise a toast to it each time I build my code. Like generated art, people aren't going appreciate it on the same level.

Wow you consider this on the same level of impressiveness as a compiler?

I actually consider compilers more impressive, and a compiler was an important part of making this possible.

To each their own. I mean compilers didn’t produce trillions of dollars of investment, and produce serious and profound philosophical questions about the nature of consciousness but you’re right, thank god we have C

Compilers just made it all possible, but they are not new and shiny. LLMs did not produce the philosophical questions, but they do raise them. It's worth noting that computers have been changing the way we think about consciousness long before LLMs, largely thanks to compilers.

Yea there’s no logical stopping point when you use that logic. Why not say electricity or the element silicon?