There are all kinds of similar stories in history. The synth didn't replace the guitar, even if there isn't much guitar in radio pop music these days. Guitar ab

There are all kinds of similar stories in history. The synth didn't replace the guitar, even if there isn't much guitar in radio pop music these days. Guitar abounds outside of pop, and isn't entirely diminished from pop either way. Tablets and dumb terminals with network-based operating systems didn't replace the local application, even after we've reached for the Clouds. MIDI didn't replace human orchestras. Aibo and Tamagotchi didn't replace live pets. Etc. Etc. Toys are toys. Tools are tools. And ChatGPT is a toy quickly becoming a tool that also won't replace people.