I had plans to start learning 3d modeling in 2023, because I've always wanted to learn it and maybe make some money with it eventually. However, the way things are looking, I believe by the time I master it (I'd say about 4-5 years of intense practicing to get good at it), AI will have made the need for 3d artists (in the traditional sense, modeling stuff from scratch) obsolete or close to it.

Judging from the AI generated art that we have TODAY, I really think AI will drastically change the lives of 2d and 3d artists in the near future. Anyone will be able to make high level 2d or 3d art with AI. It looks grim, to be fair. Or maybe I'm just overreacting to all the news about AI art. I don't know.