That resonates with me. It actually brings back some nostalgic memories about setting up and constantly tweaking bots in World of Warcraft (sorry, I was young).
There's something incredibly engaging and satisfying about configuring them just right and then sitting back, watching your minions run around and do your bidding.
I get a similar vibe when I'm working with AI coding assistants. It's less about the (currently unrealistic) hype of full replacement and more about trying to guide these powerful, and often erratic, tools to do what they're supposed to.
For me, it taps into that same core enjoyment of automating and observing a process unfold that I got with those WoW bots. Perhaps unsurprisingly, automation is now a fairly big part of my job.