"AI can, and does, make some people less effective"
So those people should either stop using it or learn to use it productively. We're not doomed to live in a world where programmers start using AI, lose productivity because of it and then stay in that less productive state.
If managers are convinced by stakeholders who relentlessly put out pro-"AI" blog posts, then a subset of programmers can be forced to at least pretend to use "AI".
They can be forced to write in their performance evaluation how much (not if, because they would be fired) "AI" has improved their productivity.
So those people should either stop using it or learn to use it productively. We're not doomed to live in a world where programmers start using AI, lose productivity because of it and then stay in that less productive state.