Here’s where I stand as a developer: I use AI every day. It helps me code faster, think through problems, write better. It’s genuinely useful.
But I haven’t integrated AI into any of my products yet. And that’s intentional.
I don’t want to add another “AI-powered” thing to the pile just to slap a buzzword on it. The world doesn’t need more gimmicks. If I ever build something with AI at its core, it’ll be because I found a problem worth solving — something that actually changes how people work or live.
Until then, I’m watching. Learning. Waiting for the right idea.
Because honestly? Most of what I see out there right now isn’t solving problems. It’s creating new ones.
The Flood of Fake Content
Scrolling through my feed lately feels… off. It’s getting harder to know what is real.
There’s this influencer, Mia Zelu. Blonde, glamorous, posts selfies at Wimbledon, Coldplay concerts, Taylor Swift shows. 165K followers. Brand deals. The whole thing. Except she doesn’t exist. She’s entirely AI-generated. Thousands of people followed her thinking she was a real person living her best life.
Then there’s this video of bunnies bouncing on a trampoline. Looks like someone’s Ring camera caught it at night. Cute, right? 200 million views. Also completely fake.
Or the guy who claims he’s stuck in France in 2055. Empty streets. No people at the Louvre. PlayStation 7 in vending machines. Millions of followers hanging on every post. His videos literally include #fakesituation in the caption — and people still believe it.
I’ve even seen epoxy floor transformations go viral that are physically impossible. Just AI-generated eye candy disguised as DIY inspiration.
Studies show only 62% of people can correctly identify an AI image. And 87% have looked at a real photo and called it fake.
That second stat hits harder for me. We’re not just being fooled by fakes — we’re starting to distrust real things too.
That’s what worries me. Not just the fakes themselves, but what they’re doing to us. Our default is becoming suspicion. Every video, every photo, every story — there’s this little voice now asking “is this even real?”
And it’s only going to get worse. Tools like Sora and Veo are making studio-quality AI video accessible to anyone with a laptop. What used to cost millions now costs a prompt.
We’ll Get Past This
I think we’re in the “experimenting without thinking” phase. Everyone’s rushing to build, to go viral, to cash in. But once we get past this stage, I believe we’ll be more thoughtful about what we create and why.
The tools aren’t the problem. It’s how we’re choosing to use them.
I’d rather wait and build something meaningful than rush and add to the noise.