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I am in a similar position but I have worked things out so that the AI enhances me and not the other way around. Depending on the project its about clearing my blockers, and giving me training, rather than being a slot machine that successful results fall out of.

One of the big issues I had to overcome was realising that theres nearly zero value in a solution I dont understand. And my understanding is woefully incomplete.

For instance, I have started doing a lot of personal electronics work. Its easy enough to request a circuit diagram and a BOM. but, the work still has to be done with my hands and crucially, the parts are purchased with my money. So I see a circuit diagram and I go "Hey why does this work" or "Uh shouldnt the added resistance between these components send the charge straight to ground" and by the time I have asked 100 questions, I have either established dominance (proven that the original diagram was incorrect) or learned some valuable information. And the questions I ask I can be generally assured are not worthy of being answered by skilled electrical people, and they definitely arent awake/wanting to answer my annoying questions at 2am or whatever.

I have done this for years, when I started I approached it as "Hey ChatGPT, teach me python" and its been really good.