I kind of feel the same way about AI to be honest. I haven't been putting my head in the sand, but I have just been kind of skirting around it until things get a bit more mature. I have a feeling I am either going to not be able to avoid it at some point or find myself at a disadvantage because of that.
I feel like we're at the point where people now much better understand the weaknesses, so it's a lot easier to get up to speed rather than having to wade through all the BS solo and figure out how to do it alone in the trenches.
That's true, I still worry about the security aspects, but it seems those are getting better as well. I think my biggest issue with coding is I can't think of anything I want to do. Or I can't think of anything I want AI to do for me.