I agree 100%. I've been the resident 'tech guy' among my friends and family for as long as I can remember, and I thought that LLMs would be the definite end to all 'blurry picture of computer screen captioned with "what should I do"' texts, yet that didn't seem to be the case. In fact, LLMs made it worse, as it actually made me seem more knowledgeable; I would be the one asking AI on their behalf and responding with beautifully formatted, easy to understand answers, encouraging them to ask me more.

I chuckled because, as a joke to express my frustration about this, I made a website called djfa.ai (Dude, Just Fucking Ask AI), which is essentially LMGTFY for ChatGPT. As one can imagine, the gimmick wore off rather quickly with my loved ones (turns out moms of nerds sometimes ask their children tech questions because they miss their voice). I ended up haphazardly turning it into my personal blog, which I sometimes choose to abbreviate and sometimes not on my resume.

I would never have made it in the first place had most of the people asking me questions been like Yael: seeking my informed opinion on thought-provoking questions they'd already researched. Going back to your larger point about the social aspect of it all, even among my wife and my social group, "just ask Claude" is almost the new "I don't really know" or "that's a tough one" when it comes to any sort of question. Almost colloquial in the sense that it isn't to be taken literally, but more as an indication of uncertainty.