But it's not really an examination of what we lost with AI as all. Nor is it "level" - we can disagree on interpretations but it's very obviously written to be

But it's not really an examination of what we lost with AI as all. Nor is it "level" - we can disagree on interpretations but it's very obviously written to be emotionally charged. You even called it a lamentation! Like the person you replied to said, AI doesn't prevent you from holding your napping daughter. And most people who need a recipe would have used the Internet, and then recipe books in the pre-AI era. Plenty of people who ask Claude about fly fishing probably would have gone to Google or Reddit, or maybe even the library.