Yes SEO is pretty much dead with few exceptions like local SEO for local businesses.... apart from that (for now) there is no future in SEO. Google platform changed to google paid platform... you see more ads than ever before, you see direct anserws generated by AI, you see videos, PPA, suggestions, reddit (special deal with G) etc... organic search results are no longer priority to Google. Even if you are number 1 on specific keyword you won't get much out of it... so yeah SEO is pretty much dead and stop wasting your time on it.