It's not just him though. His views are very common in AI labs, who actually build these systems and have better visibility than the rest of us on what's going on.
Last year I've been preparing for Dutch Speaking Exams without a tutor (using Babbel and ChatGPT) and I really neede a dedicated app to quickly prepare me for the exam. So this project was born from the my actual need I had.
During implementation though I figured that it's easier to come up with new ideas (as working on something spawns ideas or at least ideas of pivoting).