100%. I don't think that was an intended consequence but it definitely is happening. People already chose not to think, no they can externalize it to a source that will by default agree with the status quo.

Out goes one kind of naivete, "Gramma said it so it's right," and in comes another: "the LLM has spoken; this is universal truth, not Gramma's small-minded rubbish." But now we can be smug against ol' boomer Gramma, so we lap it up all the more dearly.

yeah, I've realised being on my phone a lot is probably a big part of a lot of problems in my life, but because old folks criticized it in such a silly way, it's hard to genuinely talk about it.

But yeah students are asking shit like "why make art" and this is actually scary as hell.