[mapontosevenths]

I would argue that both are correct, because as McLuhen pointed out the things we build come to change the way we perceive the world.

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us." -- Father John Culkin on McLuhan

That said, LLM's were modeled on the human brain so the entire idea that we shouldn't compare ourselves to them is daft. They are similar to use because that is exactly what they're designed to be.