I agree with what you are saying, but if I cannot get work, I may literally have nothing to eat tomorrow.

So while I agree with your point, it does not feel like a practical answer for my situation. For someone who is already well known and has enough reputation, refusing to use AI may be a matter of principle. But I am dealing with survival.

I do not think your answer is bad. But because this is a survival problem, it is difficult for me to risk everything on principle.

In other words, I know that your answer may be the morally correct one. If everyone boycotted this, perhaps it would not be adopted so aggressively.

But I cannot do that.

What I need is a way to use AI while degrading my own ability as little as possible, and while still preserving my skills.

I am not saying you are wrong. I am saying that your answer is too idealistic for someone in my position.

I'm not being idealistic. I'm being very practical. You have the survival problem exactly backwards. Continuing to use it, that's the real danger in a practical sense. That only leads one direction and that direction isn't in your best interest.