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Why not unbundle the task and give the conscious thinking to the computer, and the mindless grabbing to the human?"

Reminds me of Daniel Dennett's example of the coffee machine that both makes the coffee and drinks it for you.

that thinking is joyful, fun, glorious

Couldn't agree more. Thinking is the only place where we can be truly free.

not laborious or error prone.

No, mistakes are inevitable. This is actually not such a bad thing because if we weren't capable of committing errors then no progress would be possible.



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