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Leadership that sets you up to fail is bad leadership. If they weren't true believers in AI, they'd be true believers in the management fad du jour, and would be setting you up to fail by shoving that down your throat.

My approach was usually to start looking - not frantically, but with some sustained effort. If they persist, then it's increasingly going to be a bad place to work, and I can usually find a better place.

If they set you up to fail, just fail. A moderately good leader will pick up on constant failures as bad expectations.

Then communicate that clearly and directly to upper level and set the boundaries. It would lead to a conflict, but you can’t run away from that and agree on a compromise.

AI does increase productivity if you use it as a correct tool when needed. Measure the productivity gain/loss over the time and refine approach iteratively.