You need at least some education to formulate prompts for ChatGPT.
My father impressed on me learning the English language, so I may tell when the government is lying.
We need to take a close look at our education system.
Not all brains develop at the same rate.
We have a fast food education system and we are expecting it to turn out gourmet food.
We have to first decide what a good person is.
Then, we educate to produce that kind of person.
It is absurd to delegate a lower status education to people who will ultimately be working in these 'hands on' sectors.
See Mike Rowe's website and show for more evidence of this whole frame of mind.
Education today should be classical for everyone, as it was in the nineteenth century up to the high school level. It should also offer exposure to manufacturing and practial things. Gosh, that is kind of what it already is.
The problem is that discipline is lax to nonexistent, and assignments are generally so soft that the students have time and inclination to get into trouble and become worthless.
Fortunately students are malleable and the education system can be fixed rather quickly, and lost progress can be made up.
Solution: statewide vouchers for all public and private schools, or homeschooling arrangements. Let all compete for students to stay alive as viable schools.
The printing press is up there, but there are plenty of others that helped get us where we are (or are not)....
-Walking upright
-Stone tools
-Agriculture
-Governance (early Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley & Chinese Yellow River civilizations
-Bronze, copper, iron, and metallurgy
-Religion (monotheist)
There are many more before you get to the printing press.
Get the idea?