Thanks for the tldr; As a semantic argument I agree with the first commenter in the article, it goes too far.

Managers sometimes refer to their employees as tools, and they don’t fully control them either. Plenty of more cleanly defined tools (explosives, guns, chemicals) can have unintended consequences if used without proper controls, training or care.

I used the term “AI is a tool” at a meeting yesterday, and I will again.

(Minor grumble: Eww, Linkedin. Having visited the site again I know I’ll get a bunch more spam and targetted adverts for a few weeks)