> This is the proper use of AI

I'm not sure I'd agree, but I also don't disagree. It is still in the early stages of what is possible and getting it in the hands of consumers. For me, I find it helpful to connect abstract thoughts like, a Shakespearean style rap song about the struggles of putting on a shoe. Or in my day to day, connection two programming related tools together. It's like amazing for being curious as if you were a 5 year old asking "why?". The danger comes from just accepting without challenging which I may have stated earlier.

> If I can give AI a series of verbal commands on how to do a tedious task like editing thousands of pages of text and use the proper images supplied that correspond to the text.

We are already see similar use cases at least on a simpler level. Cover letters can be generated from job descriptions and resume, click bait short article/blog shops are nearly obsolete. > At some point in the future the bots are going to be spamming the hell out of social media platforms if they aren't already. It'll be one bot fighting another bot.

Yea, we need critical thinking and personally my hope is that we move away from the need of social media, or at least moves to 4th place in our attention, students using it for their homework. To me, holding back progress to keep an old system doesn't help. AI has the potential to change our current systems, but as it is a tool it can go off the other end as we've seen in movie with AI taking over, but I think is will be more corporate greed/ people in power may use it for control. Hence, why being skeptical and critical thinking is now more important then ever.