"Boring? Not at all! We spent much of our time in service to the star we lived upon, creating critters and plants that could go free and populate it. I personally spent my time approving or denying the creatures my people created. 'Twas a busy job, especially when the creations we observed managed to run amok."

Which happened... a few times. Well, having no issues at all in several thousand years would have been a feat...