> are [we] beginning to attribute too little mind to humans.

I don’t think this way of thinking started with LLM. Does Systems Based Thinking also attribute too little mind to humans?

Agreed. I think we, as humans, like to think in terms of various metaphors when it comes to how we perceive ourselves in the world ( for example, "I am not some sort of automaton/robot" when objecting to some boss way back when ).