Comment by charlie-83

I think the solution here is to just code stuff where AI is not useful. Go write embedded code (not arduino), write a compiler, create a network protocol, write a game that runs on an actual gameboy etc. There are a lot of projects where AI is still of limited use (both silly and actually useful). Obviously, the downside is that all these projects are going to be much harder than "build a todo app" (and possibly require you having experience from doing easier projects first).

I don't think that "just don't use AI" is really a solution here. It can feel really pointless doing something the hard way when you know there is an easy way even if you prefer the hard way.