I don't think so, but I see that every year someone makes this thread, so, I'd like to be the honored one to ask that in 2025. Please, continue this discussion this year too.
What is SEO after all? Search
Engine Optimization
So first we must answer: which Engine?. Are we talking about Google SEO?.
The big question here: are we able to optimize for Google algorithm?
Because I believe we really can't. Google has become a clown fiesta.
I never thought I would say this, but I'm not even using Google for informatinal searches anymore
I'm still using a lot of search engines for different topics including Alphabet owned products (Youtube for videos, Scholar for research papers, Google Maps for local busineses), but I'm not using the Search Engine barely more (unless I can attach like site: like, "smm panel site:blackhatworld.com" or "best open source crm site:reddit.com". I know that many people are still using Google, but we can't still deny that results are going worse and worse every day.
Maybe it's not death but its moribund with a death sentence on top of it. The dawn of Google is near. But not the death of SEO itself. There will always be a Search Engine to optimize for sure. In fact local SEO is starting to be a trend because people is finding that it is actually having more coherence than the Search Engine itself, and it's very useful.