AI is not actually the point.
Check askinglot.com
Clearly, that website is NOT flying under the radar. Google knows very well their business model. And like askinglot, there are A LOT of clones that rank on page 1.
As long as there is no clear authority competitor, Google will rank whatever it finds.
It's the same with AI.
You can't actually make any difference.
Imagine you rewrite an article. What you are doing is essentially what AI would do. What would Google do in that case? Not rank you just because you rewrote an article? It's not the case. Not yet at least.
There is money to be made, especially when working in volume.
L.E. Think about this in another way. Ask yourself "How is Google losing money because of AI content?". The answer might reveal the reason why AI will rank in the future as well and why Google won't do A LOT about it.