> It is hard on the other hand to see what Generative AI is supposed to be good for.
The author must not have a very big imagination.
Most people seem to miss that generative AI is basically an inevitable result/continuation of the Internet. With generative AI we can be "personify" the Internet, or rather, personify the data available on the Internet. It's not hard to see how that would be a very useful tool. When actually useful AI assistants like the ones from Her and After Yang are eventually created it'll be thanks to generative AI.