Interview question about AI

I graduated with a degree in the arts and humanities in 2022 and am on the job market (USA) for college teaching. In a recent job interview for an adjunct position at a community college, I was asked how I would prepare students for future careers with AI.

I had two thoughts: the entire purpose of generative AI is to eliminate jobs—especially in creative fields—and colleges have hardly been honest about career prospects for decades now anyway. If anything, I feel it's my duty to teach students how to think and create without and in spite of AI tools. Your career is your own, and if you're in my class you have already made some choices on your life path, so I'm going to teach you what you signed up for. But the interviewer seemed to have a much more positive outlook (maybe they haven't seen enough ChatGPT essays yet), so perhaps against my better judgment I tried to BS my way through an answer that would play to their notions.

It bothered me. I thought the question was irrelevant to the job and that the interviewer was trying to fish for answers to their own problems as an administrator. But with things being what they are, I suspect this won't be the last time I am asked such a thing.

Has anyone else had interview questions like this? Or maybe you're on a hiring committee and think it's completely valid. What is your perspective?