Fun read. Audience can see Xeno's Arrow emerging on your "we're on the way to AGI!" timeline, a nice visual representation of "the trajectory is real, but the timeline keeps slipping."

But I'm gonna say I've always seen "[retail software] is just a tool" as an odd statement. I've heard it a lot over the last 20 years. "Just" a tool. Why always phrased like that? How can we be overthinking the role of a tool while you're in the middle of a multi-page essay about how it causes cognitive decline?

Nobody frets about the effect of a screwdriver on some IT rando's ability to do other computer stuff if on occasion they're screwing something into a rack. Seems odd to be so consistent about privileging the concept of a "tool" when you're saying that tool is on its way to thought.

>I’m addicted to prompting, I get high from it

yikes, but I did appreciate this honesty. Though, again: "this hash pipe is just a tool" did not appear after this statement

Also - isn't addiction behavioral, as opposed to strictly neurological? Maybe you should do a follow-up on the behavioral effects of a situation like "There’s no spark in you anymore." If you found a new identity that wasn't "I'm a prompt addict," what would it be?