one could argue that thinking itself would be not needed in future. But we are not there. I would love that future though. thinking is suffering. if ai can think for us then it would eliminate suffering.
In fact, thinking is what makes humans interesting. What separates us from random bacteria if we don’t think anymore?
Thinking isn't Boolean either. A LLM let's you not think about, say, rust lifetimes, as an example. You'll still need to think about other things.
I'm not abandoning all thinking, I just change what things I think about. Some things I delegate thinking about(like rust lifetime syntax, to stick with my example), which frees up time to think about other, more interesting things, like application design, or architecture!
then thinking is also joy and happiness :)
Moreover, most novel advancements seem like they come when society is ready for them - the nearly simultaneous discovery of calculus for example.
Pick any thought of yours you truly believe is novel and do a serious literature search on the topic and adjacent fields. Ask an AI to help you with the search if necessary :-)
There's so much I don't know though, and I'm certain we aren't the only two who think about it :-)