You rate AI way higher than you should. Bits designed to play games have been a thing forever, but they just suck. No matter how fancy they still follow patterns and eventually become predictable.
That's not to say it wouldn't be good to have the option, but it's just not the same.
I generally prefer single player games anyway coz I can't keep up with people who spend all their time online though.
Kinda how it feels in Australia as well. Older politicians making changes that improve their own lives and seem uninterested in long term planning (examples such as privatising water and electricity and selling the biggest telecom company off too)