I'm always skeptical to new tech, I don't like how AI companies have reserved all memory circuits for X years, that is definitely going to cause problems in society when regular health care sector businesses can't scale or repair their infra, and the environmental impact is also a discussion that I am not qualified to get into.
All I can say for sure is that it is absolutely useful, it has improved my quality of life without a doubt. I stick to the principle that it's here to improve my work life balance, not increase output for our owners.
And that it has done, so far. I can accomplish things that would have taken me weeks of stressful and hyperfocused work in just hours.
I use it very carefully, and sparingly, as a helpful tool in my toolbox. I do not let it run every command and look into every system, just focused efforts to generate large amounts of boilerplate code that would require me to have a lot of docs open if I were to do it myself.
I definitely don't let it read or write my e-mails, or write any text. Because I always loved writing, and will never stop loving it.
It's here to stay, because I'm not alone in feeling this way about it. So the staunch AI-deniers are just wasting their time. Just like any other tech, it's going to be used against humans, against the already oppressed.
I definitely recognize that the tech has made some people lose their minds. Managers and product owners are now vibe coding thinking they can replace all their developers. But their code base will rot faster than they think.