Yes and no. If your “pursuit” is satisfied by reading catchy sounding blocks of text with no reason to believe its veracity, then yes, ChatGPT has rendered the

Yes and no. If your “pursuit” is satisfied by reading catchy sounding blocks of text with no reason to believe its veracity, then yes, ChatGPT has rendered the study of history obsolete. If by “study” and “history” you define those words in the way that most people would, then no, ChatGPT has not rendered the study of history obsolete. I think your confusion here is about whether it has rendered your “study” obsolete to you. If I had no interest in studying history I would be inclined to agree with your point. Maybe the question is do you get any enjoyment or fulfillment out of studying history? Have you ever?