By: Wilson
I have been using AI religiously since early 2025. The innovation is amazing. It makes your life a lot easier; you learn faster, and, hell, it lets you do things you never thought possible (for example, I have zero coding experience).
But over the past few months, I saw a dramatic drop in AI usage. Not because it’s no longer useful; I still use it daily, but it feels like something else entirely.
Let me explain.
People have been abusing AI lately. This is especially the case in the writing world. My god, where do I even start? The amount of AI-written garbage being published these days is completely out of control. In fact, I have seen some writers literally write prompts that copy my article formats and writing style. How do I know that? I’ve tested it, and it’s good, but it’s not the original.
And it’s obvious at first glance that it is written by AI. I get it. Writing isn’t for everyone, but please at least try to be original. If we make mistakes, that’s part of what makes us human. Writing is no exception. I would argue that the writing style itself is what draws in readers.
For me, I have always been a very straight-to-the-point writer. I don’t want to waste your time. If I’m bullish, I will tell you. If I’m bearish, I will tell you. I don’t beat around the bush or play wordsmith. I don’t hedge my writing. So yes, I’ll be stupidly wrong sometimes, but hey, that’s the price of being genuine. I can live with that, and since my pocketbook is tied to my writing/bets, so be it.
But the more I browse content these days, the more I find myself completely turned off by AI-produced content. The lack of thought, the lack of originality- it’s a real turn-off. It’s such a turn-off that I’ve resorted to using Google again, which is probably a tale. Even though Gemini pops up as the first prompt, it’s still very useful for things like “how many calories does this exercise burn, etc.” I think the general sense of AI fatigue is real. What was an extremely useful tool to start off with is being overly abused to do the wrong things.