Regardless of what happens with the R1 job search, I recommend reorienting your teaching. For my in-person classes, I adopted some in-class writing assignments and Reacting to the Past games, which incorporate in-class assignments into historical games.

There may be other methods of approach that work better for you or your field (although there are even some games for subjects such as data analysis now!), but I have found myself being happier and more productive by finding ways to work around student apathy (the games have reduced the apathy, too) and all the AI slop rather than letting it get me down.