You're likely not doing the "same job". If you really want to take that stance, you can take it so easy that you're unemployed and your employer can vibecode their business into the ground.
The best tool available is your own mind. You should at least understand what you're being held accountable for.
We already went through all this shit the previous decade with copypasta and the decade before that with WYSIWYG and the decade before that...
I'm not taking that stance. It's possible to have a moderate position between "Don't use AI" and "let AI do everything." I am doing the same job, more or less, just a little faster/more efficiently.
Have you heard of comparative advantage? Even if the US is better than Nowhereville at making literally everything, it still makes sense for Nowhereville to make whatever it can make with the lowest opportunity cost.
I'm smarter than AI in my area of expertise, or in any area I have time to learn thoroughly. But I can't learn everything. AI is a better generalist than I am.
Or maybe you're right. Technology never improves productivity. We ought to go back to assembly language written on clay tablets, everything's been downhill since then.
The best tool available is your own mind. You should at least understand what you're being held accountable for.
We already went through all this shit the previous decade with copypasta and the decade before that with WYSIWYG and the decade before that...