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Every day, someone is becoming another AI influencer. Even if they don’t use it themselves, they are promoting the tool.

Some people act like they won’t be able to survive without having another AI agent.

Some people even call others stupid for not using AI. The audacity.

At some point, it makes my blood boil. I’m not against AI, but I’m, of course, against the AI nonsense. Why don’t people understand that AI is not our life?

After the arrival of AI, especially in late 2022, tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion became widely accessible to the public. Suddenly, everyone started becoming a writer, graphic designer, and whatnot.

In 2023, platforms like Substack, blogs, and social feeds saw a surge in mass-produced content. The barrier to publishing dropped to almost zero, and a lot of people started prioritising volume over originality. That’s the start of 'AI slop'. Low-effort, repetitive, and generic content. It’s super frustrating.

As I’ve just said, everyone has started becoming an ‘expert’ and throwing advice as if they have 10 years of experience. It has become an issue for us.

We are creators, and we can’t create without consuming good things. Finding really good sources has become almost impossible. Even people who provide genuinely good insights are now hard to reach.

So if I need anything, I go back to old books, old articles, and old YouTube videos. With books, I’ve noticed that even the latest reprinted versions of books are filled with AI-generated content. It makes me mad. At least they could have left the books alone.

Since the arrival of AI, everything has started looking very ‘perfect’, so I’ve started embracing imperfection more and more.

AI has helped me a lot. People who are genuinely interested in good content find me and read my work. People who value good insights also discover my videos. On a mass scale, personal content has gained a different level of acceptance.

The more AI content increases, the more valuable human thinking becomes.

Originality and clear thinking are rare now. And because they are rare, they stand out more than ever.

So while everyone is trying to scale content, I’m more interested in depth. While others are trying to be faster, I’m trying to be more thoughtful.

I’m not here to fight AI. I’m here to protect myself, my art and my skills.

I’ll write slowly if I want to. I’ll take longer to understand things if I want to. I’ll choose clarity over speed and depth over volume.

Because at the end of the day, I don’t want to sound like everyone else.

And that’s the actual advantage now.

Thanks for reading G! See ya!

— Anirban

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