>For my whole career I've made it a point to read every resume sent for a job. If someone took the time to write I will at least take the time to read it.

The reason why you are so discouraged is because you are a unicorn.

Companies have been looking to automate the application process for a long time, now. AI is just the latest dehumanizing tool employed to seprarate wheat from chaff long before any human needs to look at the results. And the reason why people are using AI to rewrite their CVs is precisely because companies are using AI to do the filtering. It is an arms war, started by companies, in which applicants have NO CHOICE but to use AI or remain unknown and unseen.