Assessing task enjoyment levels

How people feel about AI automation often depends on whether they enjoy the task, not on whether they are professionals or hobbyists. Hobbyists often want to keep activities they find satisfying, like photo editing, because the process itself feels creative and rewarding.

Professionals are just as mixed. Some want to save time and prefer AI to handle routine work. Others enjoy parts of their work that look slow or inefficient from the outside. A data scientist may like finding patterns on their own. A researcher may prefer connecting ideas manually instead of using AI summaries.

In many cases, enjoyment is tied to learning and feeling in control. Fitness enthusiasts study their own data to understand progress. Language learners like discovering rules through practice. This is why AI preferences depend on the task and the goal, not on whether someone is a professional or a hobbyist.