I can't code! But I have the happiness of knowing that my work might live on through the AI systems it is helping to train without acknowledgement or compensation. While AI pushes out content at rates I can never hope to compete with, I can take pride in my silent contribution to my replacement.
Notice I didn't mention intrinsic rewards. I was born to be a storyteller. Even if I'm not writing, there are stories circulating in my head. But I still struggle to write against activities that give immediate extrinsic rewards like gaming.