I definitely think they could have made it more sporty, and that might have hit a sweet spot. Personally I love it, and that extreme difference in opinion is exactly why I think it'll be iconic. Also I wonder if you've earned the harsh criticism you spew. I doubt it.
NLP is an important part of upcoming RAG frameworks like Microsoft’s LazyGraphRAG. So I think it’s more like NLP is a tool used when the time is right.
This is something I’m working on, for now in a much more simplified format and still very rough. But I did manage to get team members to be contextually aware, so they know they team and everyone’s details. They can even search through chat threads with any given team member.
https://www.conjure.team/