I think that some parts of the text are genius, like the library imagery, and the pre cognitive part, which is fascinating because there are some people that don't have inner speech (a), and the study that suggests that we decide earlier than we know (b).
You're right. The jobs are gone. They always go when a disruptive technology arrives — it happened with the industrial revolution, with electrification, with software itself. AI is not different. The work either gets restructured or AI does it. Either way, the people who survive adapt. The article is about what adaptation actually looks like — not whether it's necessary.