I have this idea, and I think you're landing on something similar, that LLMs can either be a bicycle for the mind (like your reverse dictionary) or an opiate for the mind (write my entire letter for me).

This isn't all that new, given that's a play on a Jobs quote about computers. And it's regular old software that can both unleash creativity and created social media brainrot.

The AI algorithms aren't the problem, it's how they're primed, marketed, and used.

There's absolutely nothing stopping us from releasing a bot that's great at looking stuff up and citing sources, but when asked to write an essay or make a decision for you, declines because that's not its job.