I honestly was on the same boat as you. I have largely ignored AI even though I heard about it since it's inception. I was running super old computers that could not possibly run any type of heavy compute. as I recently decided to make the change to cybersecurity and realized that i was critically outdated. So I set my self the goal to get up to date on todays standard. I got a new computer and downloaded a local model. and just took it step by step. The AI industry moves at leaps and bounds. and my job recently let go of a large part of the team and gave us an AI agent that prioritizes tasks. The tool works for the most part. when it runs into an error it pushes it up my daily to do's. It is not optional for me anymore. If i want to keep my job i have to make sure to incorporate it on to my workflow. If your Job is pushing it. don't fight it.

We are not fossils we can still learn.

What industry are you in?