You say this as though it's a pithy point. Might as well say humans are just a better search tool - it's true in the exact same sense you're using. All humans

You say this as though it's a pithy point. Might as well say humans are just a better search tool - it's true in the exact same sense you're using. All humans do is absorb information, then search through our memories and apply that information in relevant contexts to affect the world