Sure we could use our brain power with old techniques to do these, but why? I don't want to do any of these. I'd rather use that brain power for other problems.
Same with maps.
I don't want to have to store a bunch of location or routing data in my head.
I think what you're pointing towards is going from having problems to solve to not having any problems to solve.
That's definitely a danger, but right now is still early in the AI era so obviously it'll feel like we went from solving problems to letting the new tool solve them for us.
There are still many problems to solve.
Watcha gonna do if big tech takes away your access to the outsourced brain, dear?
hmmm, given how closely memory is linked to spatial navigation sense, and not just in humans, but in evolutionary terms-- think squirrels remembering where they buried nuts, birds and fish remembering migration routes, ...
suggests the ability to store location/routing is foundational to much of intelligence.
Even simple tasks, typing, for example, depends on my knowing where the keys are. Imagine if your keyboard re-organized its keymap randomly every third keystroke.
Except you won't have the underpinnings to even properly think about other problems. Your brain will be mush.
> I don't want to have to store a bunch of location or routing data in my head.
This is preposterous.