I would guess this is a tongue-in-cheek essay (I hope), but it’s probably kind of prescient.
I’m old enough to remember when calculators were banned from classrooms, for almost the exact same reasons that people are giving against AI.
It’s really only a matter of time.
I don't really follow this comparison. The protagonist was able to use an AI in the same ways they could use a calculator or most tools. You don't use them in the middle of delivering a presentation.
X were banned because you need to learn or demonstrate the ability to do Y.
X = calculator, Y = addition and subtraction
X = LLM, Y = thinking
they are not the same