Right! Neither do I find it inherently harmful to ask Claude for a recipe instead of calling your friend.

The author of the poem, however, is clearly portraying that as a negative.

That is correct - this is the whole story. Everything else you've portrayed the author as saying is misleading.

The author believes if you have a friend who cooks, see if they have a recipe. You believe there's no harm in going straight to Claude in the same scenario.

That's the whole disagreement.