AI is a bit of a buzzword, but working for an AI startup, I see a lot of talented developers doing some very clever things with code. All of them are seriously

AI is a bit of a buzzword, but working for an AI startup, I see a lot of talented developers doing some very clever things with code. All of them are seriously engaged with the projects they're working on and work long hours because they want to solve the problems. Beware though, a lot of jobs advertised as 'AI' may not be and may wind up being banal/tedious as you describe because AI as a field is very, very young and not fully defined.