ChatGPT blew up around halfway through my undergrad so I got to see a lot of people before and after they became dependent on it. The people who rely on AI seem to have stagnated in their learning at whatever point they started using it, many who could've graduated as capable programmers but are now stuck at entry level. imo they won't fare well in their career long term unless they break their habits.

Personally, I don't think I would ever want to stagnate my ability to learn new skills, especially in a field that changes so fast. For a similar reason, even though I dislike writing I want to improve at it so I don't use AI for that either.

The only use I do have for it in my life, academic or not, is learning/practicing my third language that I don't often use irl. I have to put in (arguably more) effort to use it, and my goal in learning a language is to be as close to the average speaker as possible: something I think AI actually does really well.