Guessing this isn’t going to be popular here, but he’s right. AI has some use cases, but isn’t the world-changing paradigm shift it’s marketed as. It’s becoming clear the tech is ultimately just a tool, not a precursor to AGI.
If AGI is ever going to happen, then it's definitionally a precursor to it.
So I'm not really sure how to parse your statement.
not YET.
Is that the claim the OP is making?