Is it a good idea to go into NLP/Computational Lingustics now?

I'm preparing to apply for some Master's programs in NLP, but I'm having second thoughts, mainly because of the whole GPT situation. The areas that initially interested me (like text mining or sentiment analysis) seem like they've been taken over by large language models.

I've always liked programming and figured going into NLP would be a good idea to use my Linguistics degree. Is that not the case anymore?

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