I still find it exciting to watch the reasoning of the AI models, and this keeps me engaged in the product they produce. Many times I marvel at what they came up with. Trying to catch them going on the wrong path down a rabbit hole can be a fun game as well. It's a very interesting time and things are shifting. I do hear about the brain drain you are experiencing, trying to keep up with all the information that comes at you at high speed.
My advice would be to outsource the annoying parts to AI.. like have a sub-agent do the verification, debugging, playtest whatever to grade the work done for example if that's the part you least enjoy. Learn to trust the process, but also keep refining it.
Build a harness around the tasks, and spend time on improving that. It will give you satisfaction that you build that (in coordination with AI) and you've created something new.
My advice would be to outsource the annoying parts to AI.. like have a sub-agent do the verification, debugging, playtest whatever to grade the work done for example if that's the part you least enjoy. Learn to trust the process, but also keep refining it. Build a harness around the tasks, and spend time on improving that. It will give you satisfaction that you build that (in coordination with AI) and you've created something new.