I have to admit, I'm really grateful for AI helping me get to speed with old side projects I shelved years ago.

It's so nice that I can pick up an X year old project, don't need to fight through the inertia of relearning a framework from scratch using outdated documentation. I can just start immediately coding. I've picked up and finished a handful of these shelved projects and it's been good for my sense of self worth and esteem and my life has been better for it.

I still fear AI taking my job, but I do think it's a useful piece of tech.

(To quote an older comment:) The Luddites didn’t smash all those machines because they were afraid of them. They were more than happy to use the fancy new tools to make them more efficient. They just didn’t want to sacrifice their standard of living to do it.