The system does not reward deep understanding. It's too slow.
An analogy that I think helps describe how I feel about it all:
AI is like having cheat codes in a video game. You don't have to try hard and develop a deep understanding of how the game works. You aren't challenged anymore and it doesn't feel like you earned winning the game.
It doesn't matter because nobody cares. Businesses truly do not care. You are a cog, a means to an end. It's only about "winning". Now it's no longer fun to play the game.
I think this translates to a few different mediums. I'm thinking about modern matchmaking in video games today.
I used to play a game called SOCOM II back on the PS2 and it was all lobby based. You had to jump around to find the right lobby with the game mode you liked, find people to play with and build community. There was time between games for banter.
Now everything is automatic and instantaneous. It has its advantages, just like with music, but something was definitely lost.
The root of all our evils, right here. We only want the fastest cheapest thing possible, without thinking about how it impacts literally everything else about our world.
Crazy how many people have their heads in the sand.
I'm glad you could think of a couple examples where AI might not replace humans. It's almost an entirely useless point to make.
The cat is already out of the bag. The information is out there and the models are trained. Even where we stand today will bring massive disruption in time.
The economy is being propped up by the wealthy few that have money to spend and now their legs are being cut out from under them with this technology. We're in for a reckoning.