I agree with this sentiment.

Many folks have touted the "calculator" similarities as an argument, saying it's more of an efficiency gain / productivity enhancer. To me, LLMs are far more involved than this. Now, unknowingly (or knowingly), people are offloading the problem solving portion of small tasks.

- Creative Writing (Claude, make this email sound more professional)

- Coding (Handle this small logic bug for me)

- Note Taking (Generate a summary of this meeting recording)

- Strategy (Set up a roadmap for X project) and many other areas

- Design (Give me a powerpoint for a stakeholder meeting)

- Personal Life (Find a restaurant I can take my wife to for our anniversary)

Many people underestimate how many "simple" tasks required creative problem solving abilities, and we're actively handing more and more of that over to the thinking machine.

Perhaps it's human nature to give this up, and maybe it's in our best interests - but this is the first time I've ever seen people stop thinking for themselves en masse. Interesting times ahead, IMO.