Most people are not self-sufficient entities. 10% are so unable to think that they are simply not able to be a net positive in any job, it takes more energy/time to micromanage them, even for simple tasks, than they put back into the business. 50% are incapable of real innovation.
Having met people in my life, an AI is better than most of them by any objective measure IMO.
I agree with your assessment of people. I find that there is a lot of overlap with this old quote:
AI is the perfect product for that third group.However I disagree in that I don't want to "talk to AI" either. Any time anyone sends me AI output, I simply reply that I can prompt GPT myself, if I want; just send me the inputs.