He's lying. The rise of AI should give him more ideas, not less. He just doesnt want to do it. The left does. They're circling the drain; Trump disposal units are running night and day. They are close to going out forever and are desperate, so they want him to make another POS woke garbage Dark Fate to bolster the liberal female morale, or no more money for his POS Avatar crap. So basically, he's being blackmailed.