Same. I often get told by an NPC they'll help but I usually ignore or give some excuse not to let them, as it would likely just end in them RPing they helped instead of actually helping. Still, I should probably actually give it a try a few times, just in case they can actually help.
Okay. This is less planning than the AI going wild, but here's something that happened just now:
Mirel and mine PC were flirting in the woods and getting... eager. We were adjacent to a tree. The very next passage of text is accompanied by the same very tree getting knocked over like it was just felled by an axe.
Visually. Sounds, effects, the works. Left a log to be sawed in its wake.
I was laughing for like, five minutes. Well played, AI. Well played indeed.
I know she's surprisingly strong for her size, but dang, Mirel.
Yeah, it seems like the NPCs can still do things, like cutting trees down, but good luck making them do it with any degree of planning and intention.
Still... I want to try making a wood wall, filling it with the materials, and seeing if I can ask them to help me finish it instantly or at least get them to start hammering away at it. Or better yet, leaving it unfilled and asking them to get the materials for the wood wall. Save about 50-80 gold depending on what kind of wood wall I'm making.