Does the author really need instant, convenient access to “What insurance policies do we have for our toddler?” “How much did we spend on contractors in 2025?”, or any of that sort of data? How does that improve living? You’re burning electrons in some far-off data center to first, process the data, then retrieve it, which is something you could do yourself, yes, on your computer but at far less cost, and nearly as easily on the rare occasion you’d need to know such a thing. Privacy isn’t the only issue.

Justifying installing the thing in your life by using it for “important tasks” tempts you to also use it for mundane things you might otherwise need to use your own brain for. Ever heard of “use it, or lose it?”

Also, do you trust it enough to not check it? You ask “how much did we spend on contractors…” and it gives you a number, fine. But, if you really needed to know that for some important reason, would you rely on that number without checking it? Would you hand that number off to your accountant?