Spot on. Analytic AI combined with machine learning has vast potential. It has already yielded breakthroughs in many areas, and will continue to do so.
Generative AI... produces slop and, more dangerously, misinformation. At great expense. And environmental destruction. The demand for data centres is almost entirely driven by generative AI.
Oppose those data centres
Things AI will be good at (even if it isn't yet):
Interpreting medical images - mammograms, X-rays, scans
Interpreting other images - eg, maintenance of motorway bridges used to require a scaffold for a person to take a look. Drone imaging plus AI will be more efficient.
Generating hypotheses - seeing patterns in data, for humans to question and interpret.
AI will learn to do these things better than humans.
Humans are still needed, to check and be accountable.