Being unable to have a meaningful conversation sounds like general technological skepticism to me. I don't see any reason to think talking to chatbots will erode our conversation skills, anymore than the internet or TV or books has in the past. People interact in the real world much in the same way they did 100 years ago. As for having the skills to research a problem, is chatGPT much different than the adoption of search engines? Many adults probably couldn't find information in a library very easily these days, but if they have no need for this skill anyway, I don't see that as a loss.