> If AI edges humans out of the business of thinking, then we're all in deep shit

Also because we live under capitalism, and you need something people need you to do to be allowed to live.

For a century+, "thinking" was the task that was supposed to be left to humans, as physical labor was automated. If "AI edges humans out of the business of thinking" what's left for humans, especially those who still need to work for a living because they don't have massive piles of money.