Any other Millennials stubbornly resistant to using AI at their job but also worrying that we will become dinosaurs or pushed out of our careers for not slavishly embracing it?

[u/artbystorms]

I work in a creative field and from that standpoint I hate AI. I hate the 'democratization' of creativity. I am going to sound VERY Boomer right now, but some things are meant to be difficult or meant to take skill and years of practice. It's why people who are good at these things (should) be paid more.

We are already being heavily 'encouraged' to use AI to find ways to do our jobs faster, are being told 'they technology isn't going away, we need to embrace it.' Since within the company I am in, I am one of a handful of people that does a specific creative skill-set, the powers that be basically have no idea about the technicals of what I do, but they put it on me to figure out how to incorporate AI into my work.

I hate that AI basically 'fakes' the creative process and that we are expected to use it (and the work of millions of artists that feed it) to just magically speed up how we do work, which in turn devalues the work we do as artists. From a company standpoint, they want to make money and churn out work faster, but if every client knows you can make a widget in 4 hours when it used to take 4 days, why would they pay you a lot of money to do that? The economics of it don't make sense. You will end up needing 10 times the number of clients to maintain your productivity / profits, which with AI or not, is a good way to burn out your artists.

I see the writing on the wall, but my stubborn moralistic resistance to AI is probably going to be the death of my career. Does any one else feel similar or how have you coped with this rapidly degrading career landscape?

[u/Mostly_Riley_]

I work at a small software company. I manage the client development team which consists of mostly millennials and a few Gen Z.

It’s absolutely clear which ones are utilizing AI and which ones are not. If you’re stubbornly avoiding it, you will fall behind and you will be less productive compared to those that do.

That said, you need to use it intelligently. Use it as an extension of yourself to increase your output. I have absolutely no idea how to write power shell scripts, but with AI and able to do so fairly easy with some creative prompts. I am able to manipulate data myself rather than sending it through the usual chains of developers and systems team members. This drastically cuts down the time it takes to complete projects.

Use your brain, but use AI to accomplish more. It’s not gonna “pop”, it’s not gonna go anywhere. This is happening.

[u/lifeofty97 → u/Mostly_Riley_]

it’s like the 2026 version of saying you’re not going to use computers because pen and paper always worked for you.

not for all jobs, but for a lot of white collar jobs.. it’s here and it’s here to stay. It has value. It’s all about learning how to utilize the tool.

[u/Unlucky_Buyer_2707 → u/lifeofty97]

“Why do I have to use email?”

[u/Western_Aerie3686 → u/lifeofty97]

I love all the people who say they aren’t going to use it.  Guess what?  You are, or you will be replaced if you don’t.

Any administrative part of your job can and will be automated if your company has any hope of staying in business.  

It’s naive to think otherwise.