I think Ted Chiang's story "The Evolution of Human Science" may be a significantly better metaphor here. What AI is dropping is (allegedly) just answers, not mysteries. In both cases, we don't really understand it, but in "Picnic", most of the things left behind aren't even useful, merely mysterious or more often dangerous. In "Evolution", answers (and only answers) and technologies arrive pre-packaged, with zero understanding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Human_Science
- https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/2000-chiang.pd...