@abrasive 100%, it's honestly scary. And a real indictment of many people's relationship with thinking.
I'm surprised pro-AI people don't address this more, because I don't think LLMs are totally useless[*] but the consequences of using them excessively and uncritically don't help convince people of that, either. I guess excessive use does help line go up.
[*] I do think their benefits aren't worth the significant societal and energy demand costs, but yeah...