I know at least one writing major who won an award from his volunteer work at Wikipedia. He did it as a hobby. They don’t really need AI, they need people like him.

Imgur link takes you to them. https://imgur.com/a/BP3xaZ5

Just don’t give up, find something that pulls you in and let it. I learned on CAD software first, and applied that knowledge to an existing model I had already made. Your imagination is more powerful than motivation, so let it guide you instead. That’s how I got there.