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I'd say using calculators did dumb down some people. I know in calculus/pre-cal that there were folks who would never consider what an equation would look like, and just plug it in the calculator and see. The difference between that and the llm craze we're seeing now is how much of your life it impacts. The inability or refusal to consider the form of a function isn't such a big deal, even if you went into the majority of calculus related fields. Only if you were doing something like research, where the heavy lifting needs abstract thought that would require something like functions and their movements being considered when looking at an equation, would it impact your ability. The calculator taking over your mental projection of a graph, minor...
When ai takes over your need 'to think' about politics, science, religion, relationships, goals....
that's going to hurt.