The calculator comparison feels a little off, because— at least in higher level math classes like cal 1-3, differential equations, physics, etc.— the calculator usually can’t just do the work for you. Since you’re dealing with more complex topics, you still have to know how to use to the calculator to achieve your goal, it’s not necessarily a plug-in-and-go type of situation.

While ChatGPT and the like still (for now) require a certain level of skill to be able to write convincingly level-appropriate essays, it still is much more user friendly in the sense that it requires a lot less prior knowledge in order to use it well.

Calculators are a good, loose analogy to this type of disruptive innovation, but not a perfect 1 to 1.