So after looking at Pantheon I am 110% backer of AI.
If you just asked AI to make EQ 2 we'd have a true successor to Everquest.
Not even the original creator could do it after trying
TWICE!
AI would spit out a game that was exactly like the original but totally different. (presuming we get to that point in technology)
And humans will always try to "do better" than the original:
AKA this.