I don't see how results from 2 years ago have any bearing on whether the models we have now can generate haikus (which from my experience, they absolutely can).
And if your "lipstick on a pig" argument is that even when they generate haikus, they aren't really writing haikus, then I'll link to this other gwern post, about how they'll never really be able to solve the rubik's cube - https://gwern.net/rubiks-cube
And if your "lipstick on a pig" argument is that even when they generate haikus, they aren't really writing haikus, then I'll link to this other gwern post, about how they'll never really be able to solve the rubik's cube - https://gwern.net/rubiks-cube