I wouldn't say we are not getting anywhere, but I think the hype is far greater than what is actually being achieved. I think there has been remarkable progress in generating and classifying some kinds of patterns. Nothing I've seen so far makes me think we've cracked the nut of general intelligence, and a lot of what has been achieved is not reliable enough to be used without oversight -- human intelligence to, say, evaluate generated images or music or whatever.

The idea that all software engineering jobs are going to disappear strikes me as vastly overstating what we know. (That said, all jobs are temporary for some time-frame... we all have to stay aware of the current market.)