I feel the complete opposite: AI sucked the boring out of programming. I don't have to write boring boilerplate anymore. I don't have to crawl for hours over terrible documentation just to get a library to spit something out. I can quickly iterate on any idea and realize it's a bad one and pivot. I can create benchmark comparison code in seconds and go for the best result. I don't have to write release notes, or write OpenAPI examples.

I get to do all the fun stuff. It's amazing.