Scroll through LinkedIn for five minutes.
You’ll see it.
A motivational post that starts with:
“Everyone is talking about AI, but they’re missing one thing…”
A perfectly polished illustration with purple gradients.
A logo that somehow looks like every other AI startup.
An article titled:
“10 Ways AI Will Change Everything.”
Another perfectly structured list.
Another perfectly safe opinion.
Another perfectly forgettable piece of content.
At this point, AI doesn’t just generate content.
It generates… more AI content.
The Great AI Beigeification
There’s a reason for this.
Most people use AI the same way.
They ask generic questions.
They accept the first answer.
They barely edit it.
The result?
Millions of people are effectively collaborating with the exact same coworker.
Imagine hiring the same copywriter as everyone else on Earth.
That’s basically what’s happening.
AI Isn’t the Problem
Here’s the uncomfortable truth.
People love saying:
“AI makes everything look the same.”
Not really.
People make everything look the same.
Ask AI:
“Write me a LinkedIn post about productivity.”
You’ll probably get exactly what everyone else gets.
Because you asked exactly what everyone else asks.
AI isn’t cloning ideas.
It’s predicting the most likely answer.
And the most likely answer is usually…
Average.
The Secret Isn’t Better Prompts
Everyone keeps chasing the mythical “perfect prompt.”
Honestly?
That’s not where the magic is anymore.
The people producing the most interesting work aren’t necessarily prompt engineers.
They’re interesting people.
They have opinions.
Experiences.
A sense of humor.
Strong taste.
Good stories.
AI can’t invent those for you.
So How Do You Stand Out?
Here’s a radical suggestion.
Be less professional.
Seriously.
Tell the embarrassing story.
Admit the project failed.
Have an opinion people might disagree with.
Use examples from your own life.
Write something your legal department would politely ask you to tone down.
(Okay… maybe not that far.)
Because personality is becoming the new competitive advantage.
AI Loves the Average
AI is brilliant at producing the center of the bell curve.
Your job is to drag it away from the center.
Ask it questions like:
- “What’s the opinion everyone would disagree with?”
- “What’s the funniest way to explain this?”
- “Write this as if it were a stand-up comedian.”
- “Challenge my assumptions.”
- “What’s missing that nobody else is talking about?”
Now you’re getting somewhere.
The New Premium Feature Is You
Ironically, the more AI improves…
…the more valuable human weirdness becomes.
Your bad jokes.
Your strange hobbies.
Your unpopular opinions.
Your failures.
Your obsession with something nobody else cares about.
Those are becoming harder—not easier—for AI to fake.
And that’s exactly why they matter.
Final Thought
If everyone has access to the same AI…
Then AI is no longer your competitive advantage.
You are.
The winners won’t be the people who generate the most content.
They’ll be the ones whose content couldn’t have been generated by anyone else.
So use AI.
Just don’t let it turn you into everyone else.
p.s.
There’s a similar discussion on Reddit with opinions from artists, AI enthusiasts, and everyday users—some argue the problem is AI, while others believe it’s simply that most people use AI in exactly the same way.
👉 Join the conversation:
https://www.reddit.com/r/aiArt/comments/1belzfl/why_does_all_ai_art_look_the_same/
We’re curious too.
