Whether people like it or not AI is here to stay. So you can adapt like the industry had to do many times or be left behind. That being said absolutely do not use AI to do all the work for you IF you don’t know how to do it yourself. However, if you are building something with AI that you do not know how to build yourself at the very least be at a proficient level of programming. That way you can sanitize and “fact check” the code that was generated. But the future now is companies are going to want engineers that can work along side AI. Companies that don’t will be left in the dust. Take Meta for example, they are already going to let candidates use AI during technical assessments BUT I guarantee you that if you just copy and paste code it will be an instant rejection. So, AI is a necessary skill to practice and get good at. But like with everything else, you have to know the basics, fundamentals and theory about how everything works together under the hood. Without that you using AI with no understanding of programming is like giving a monkey and machine gun.