What degree would you get if not CS? Are there other areas in tertiary education that you’re passionate about? The fact is, in my mind, this boils down to your parent attempting to make a major life decision for you based on something they aren’t necessarily qualified to know (are they in CS/AI?). Would you be cool working a field you don’t like for the remainder of your life based on that?

AI will at least disrupt the sector long term somewhat I think but as someone working in networking (non-CS grad, for now) who uses it somewhat for my job, I’m less than impressed. I get people have vibe coded neat projects with it but of the 4 main AIs I used, only one gave me half acceptable results for a small web applet of pretty small scope written in js. If I had to put it in production, get it useable and secure enough for others to use? Forget it. Now if I had a CS degree or at least more experience with C++, I could maybe get something half useable done.

People shit on AI, for good reason, it has its uses imo but I’m still doubtful the singularity is just around the corner that tech bros are trying to convince everyone of in order to sell their wares.

Also, go to your prospective uni, go to the CS/Electrical Engineering faculty and ask to talk to an advisor and ask these questions of them. Most unis also have future student/career advising services.