Will LLM Generative AIs spell the end of the humanities?  Would that be a problem?

This emphasis on written text remains a unifying feature of the subjects of the humanities today. This is not to say that reading and writing are not important in other disciplines. Scientists, for example, certainly must be literate; but written texts are more of a means to an end in those fields. In the humanities, reading and writing are epistemological; texts are the data, textual interpretation is the method, and the act of writing is the meaning-making process. To study history requires reading both primary texts and the narrative interpretations of historians. The study of literature involves interpreting meaning from poetry and prose. Studying philosophy requires the student to make sense of the written treatises of philosophers. To be a historian, a novelist, a poet, or a philosopher requires that one write, write, and write some more, not just to share knowledge, but to create it. It’s no coincidence that the humanities grew in influence during a period of expanding literacy rates, the invention of the printing press, and the wider distribution of texts.