Yeah, it kind of strikes me how a lot of the LLM use cases would actually be better served by existing techniques, like more/better libraries. And if that's not possible, it'd be way better to find the closest match, fork it, and make minimal modifications. At least then you have the benefit of an upstream.

But, sort of like cryptocurrency, the LLM people aren't so much trying to solve actual problems, but rather find an application of their existing technology. Sort of like the proverbial saying: when you're selling hammers, you want convince everyone that their problem as a nail.