You're amazing!! Thanks for making this video, it's SUPER helpful. We all watched it and are glad you enjoyed playing. Yes, the demo throws you right into it. It was great seeing you work through the defeats though and get better with each play through. That's the roguelike spirit!
Oh and the AI is actually quite balanced with the player (same stats). Its only real advantage, as you mention, is that it fires shots immediately as they're ready. Otherwise it's actually pretty dumb, and just shoots around looking for weak points until it finds something it likes. It does get lucky sometimes though :P