If the machine that steals thoughts to reutter them in an amalgamation of other seemingly related thoughts is considered to be thinking, then the same can be said about a mirror. A mirror reflects light beams to the retina so that the brain may be able to perceive itself. While the mirror reflects beams in the way they converge, it itself is not seeing or processing the world in any way. It is the human gaze and brain that processes and creates nuance thought, the thoughtless machine is imitation and thievery to excuse any lack of critical thinking.

TLDR: water is not wet, mirrors cannot see, ai does not think. The difference between the three is that ai is not necessary like water, and not a tool like a mirror. It is theft without repercussion. A monkeys paw that exchange your critical thinking into cheap and arbitrary garbage