I thought working in AI would put me ahead of the curve. Two years in, I've never felt more behind and tired of the topic.

The author works in AI and is feeling burned out.

Courtesy of Santiago Barraza Lopez I'm a lawyer who decided to work in AI to try to get ahead of this technological curve.

Over the last two years, I've struggled to keep up because AI is advancing faster than I expected.

I feel overwhelmed and burned out by the constant conversations around AI.

For most of my career, I was a lawyer.

There was something reassuring about how expertise worked in law.

The longer I practiced, the more I knew.

But after years in a demanding profession , I burned out.

It wasn't that I stopped enjoying law.

I just needed a change.

Around two years ago, I started shifting my career toward AI because I thought it was the future.

I didn't want to wake up 10 years later and realize technology had changed my profession without me.

It seemed like the smartest career move I could make.

Now, I'm not so sure.