While I very much consider myself an AR guy, mostly because of the familiarity with that gun (training, owning, discussing, etc). I very much enjoy AKs. I haven't shot my AK project gun in a LONG time, but it's not because of lack of interest.
I do see positives for both platforms. Maybe a closer "modern" comparison would be the AK74, but with ammo issues, both recent and previous, I don't envision picking up an AK 74.