I've noticed some of these factors myself as well. I'd love to build more AI applications like this. Currently I'm a data analyst and they don't fully appreciate that I can build stuff like this as it is not a technology oriented company.
I'd love to work on stuff like this full-time. If anyone is interested in a chat, my email is on my profile (US/EU).
cool thing about open source is you can work on whatever you want, and it’s the best way to meet people who do similar work for their day job as well