> I also get an inkling that the core of life is in the learning and growing.

Wait until you learn, that not everyone likes learning and growing. I like to learn too, but apparently I'm not normal.

> And I'm still driving long distances and doing the dishes.

> People used to do those things, and after hundreds of years, machines still can't do lots of "simple" things right

My washing machine begs to differ. Maybe some things are not as simple? Sometimes we have wild expectations of what machines should be able to do.

> Give me the machine's muscles rather than giving the machine my brain.

And then your own muscles will atrophy. I already use a machine to split wood, it's much easier than using just muscles. Then I have to move that wood from pile to machine, then to another pile. If another machine would do that for me, I wouldn't use the muscles, but I need them to burn all the energy that my oh so pleasurable food gives me. So I would need to go for a stupid walk so my stupid body doesn't atrophy. And to think that some people like to walk and run... Just like I like to learn.

Now thanks to AI I will have to use my stupid brain for stupid tasks so that I won't be even more stupid.