I've never been good at marketing my own stuff. I've never felt right holding my work up like "pay me", but of course it's a necessity of life. What you said here is a powerful yet uncomfortable truth that transcends the entire AI debate:
"OP stated they can't financially afford everyone to do the things they can't do for them, if you want them to make non AI related works then you better start putting your money where your mouth is and donate to them, otherwise again, don't complain if you're not even going to fix their issue and just yell at them for a superiourity flex."
There are a lot of FPS games out there, but everybody plays Call of Duty. There's a lot of MMOs out there, but everybody plays WoW. My statistics might be outdated, like maybe it's some other big commercial title, but the point remains the same. And if I were a betting man, I'd put my money on people still buying the next all-AI Call of Duty... at this point, the way things are going, maybe whether they want to or not.