You can't automate art. AAA is in large part about converting money into more money by way of video game sales. That's why it shouldn't be synonymous with anything elite.
You can certainly pour all these resources being spent on rendering 'hyper-realistic digital humans' into developing tools, workflows and processes that give artists power and utility for crafting wonderous worlds.
You could always say "I could have made that", but the important part is: you didn't.
No one cares if you automate the painting of a black square. They care about the intention of the mind that thought it was important enough to do. That's why it's art.
