I am not a software developer anymore, just a guy who applies his software development skills to his day to day business problems. The switch made me more pragmatic about software, but also made coding a lot more fun since it's not my full-time occupation. If you want to love something, don't do it for a living.

To me, AI is a bit like a dishwasher or a spreadsheet: a labour-saving device for the things I don't enjoy doing. It handles the tedium so I can do more of the fun stuff. It also removes the friction from learning stuff. At times it feels like a real world pokedex, or an iteration of Steve Jobs' bicycle for the mind.

Remember to play too. Coding for money makes you forget why you got into it in the first place. I love cooking and making watercolours because I never expected to do it professionally or even for money. Sometimes it's good to just fuck around with no expectations of productivity. Do stupid things, mess up, have fun!