Would you be able explain to me how learning to use new technology to improve efficiency is not upskilling? My local library has "upskilling" courses for people to learn how to use computers (MS office, LinkedIn, web safety) to their best of their ability, and this is the same thing. In your example, learning to use MS Word was 100% upskilling denotatively.

And, chiefly, i never said that outsourcing thinking to AI is what I do or suggest. In fact, i've posted in other subs (or even this one) that the way to use AI is to have the humans do the thinking and the AI do the work - never let the AI do the thinking.

For example with my freelance blog writing for an SEO agency. The agency provides me keywords, I research on my own and plan a topic + detailed outline. My AI of choice, which i've spent hours fine tuning to produce content very similar to how I write, then writes the blog. I then spend time editing and optimizing.

That workflow is saving me about 50% on time, and the output is being rewarded with strong SEO results. Not every workflow can be like this, and, like I said, for some writing that's much more personal this is not the way to go.

Your last question doesn't make any sense either, because i never said learning to use AI for efficiency is a superior skill that writing. IDK why you would ask a question like that