This is a fairly big assumption. I'm not sure I agree or disagree with who you're replying to, but most kids these days are growing up with atrophied executive function and problem solving due to lack of actual parenting, social media, and this idea that the answer to the question is worth more than how it was arrived at. I have seen teachers talk about how 2 of their 115 students are reading at grade level, the rest are far behind.

I say all this because I was born into a cult, and believed anything anyone I "should listen to" told me. I have yet to find a non-technical person who doesn't like "AI", and think it's the coolest thing since the Internet. It's not a far leap for someone to go where this dude did.