I agree that LLMs being used as they are is a major waste. However, I don’t think it goes against any goals of CS. Computer Science has traditionally followed this pattern: discover a solution that works, enhance it, and then repeat the process as needed. Transformers are the newest best solution for some NLP tasks, and a hype was created. We’ll be back to the enhance phase shortly. Hopefully with a little less overhype and more consideration this time.