Exactly. I loved doing novel implementations or abstractions… and the AI excels at the part where it modifies it slightly for different contexts… aka the boring stuff.
Getting wild ideas badly implemented on a silver plate is a slot machine, it leads nowhere but in circles.
And yes, if you're just using it as a slot machine, I understand it doesn't feel useful. But I don't think that's how most people use it, at least that's not how I use it.