Time to build a bunch of escort carrier-sized drone platforms.
We won’t.
China, India, Russia and France may.
Well, maybe not France...
It seems like a good idea to do smaller carriers, except for two factors. The first is bringing enough aircraft to the fight to simultaneously control the sea space around you and conduct strikes. The second is the speed/response time of a large/long nuclear powered ship. Carriers are amazingly fast, easily the fastest ships in the Navy.