This is how AI is going to revolutionise industry in the near term. Industry is just a collection of 5 million extremely niche problems.
You can try and build AGI, generalise with a monolithic world model embodied in generalised hardware.
Or…
You can solve 1-2 million of those problems TODAY with a cheap and “good enough” specialist.
Capitalism is not going to wait for AGI, when a $12 webcam + Raspberry Pi can add 1,000 basis points of productivity to a $10m manufacturing line.
Intelligent productivity gains are the first boom wave, and the value will probably be captured by glorified IT consultants, and productive asset owners. SOTA foundation models not required
We’re still 5 years away from ubiquitous self driving cars, robotification is at least 5 years after that. But “intelligent systems” is here today.