Great question, and I think the anxiety is a feature, not a bug — it means you're paying attention. Here's my honest take after building AI automation systems for the past year: AI made me a significantly better architect but a lazier debugger. I can now design and ship systems 3-4x faster, but I've caught myself accepting AI-generated code without fully understanding it. The fix that worked for me: I use AI for the first draft and scaffolding, but I force myself to explain every critical function in plain English before shipping. If I can't explain it, I don't ship it. The developers who will thrive aren't the ones who type fastest — they're the ones who understand systems deeply enough to direct AI effectively.