AI is now the biggest trend, just like early Taobao, exactly the same.

All trends share one characteristic: ordinary people can participate at zero cost, no need to spend money, and there’s a chance to get rich quickly.
Today, I will clarify how ordinary people can seize the AI trend and create wealth with AI.
First, seizing the AI trend doesn’t mean you need to develop code; that’s a game for big capital.
The only way for ordinary people to participate is to learn how to turn AI into your “digital assistant.”
You need to turn AI into a patch on yourself, filling in your skill gaps and amplifying your output capacity.
Below, I will combine practical steps to tell you how to use AI effectively.
If you want to catch the AI wave, you can follow these steps: first be a “player,” build AI intuition, then learn how to ask AI the right questions,
next try to build intelligent workflows to automate your work processes, and finally, create value with AI to monetize.
Step 1: Be a player first, build AI intuition
Start by experiencing it firsthand, feel AI’s capabilities, and use it to handle various trivial and troublesome tasks.
• Content creation: Let different AIs analyze viral logic, combine it with your style, and quickly produce high-quality copy
• Visual illustrations: No need to learn Photoshop; AI drawing can produce images in minutes
Tasks that took days before can now be done in minutes. Let AI integrate into your daily life and work first.
Step 2: Learn how to ask precise questions
The quality of results AI provides depends entirely on your logic and instructions.
Vague questions lead to poor outputs.
Learn to define roles for AI, instead of vague “what to do” prompts, such as: “You are a ten-year experienced industry expert, analyze problems and provide solutions based on relevant logic.”
For complex tasks, learn to break them down, for example, writing an article can be split into three steps: gather information, extract pain points, optimize catchy phrases.
Practice gradually to develop systematic thinking.
Step 3: Build intelligent workflows
This is the key to transforming from an ordinary executor to someone who can do things alone and produce efficiently.
Simply put, treat AI as a team member, set up coherent instructions, and let it automatically complete the entire task.
For example, AI can gather news, summarize content, and automatically generate social media copy.
Organize your prompt templates, automate weekly reports, create plans, and handle repetitive tasks with one click.
Use AI to optimize the most time-consuming and tedious parts of your work, freeing up your time completely.
Step 4: Monetize and create value with AI
Once you’re proficient in using AI to improve efficiency, you can start making money:
1. Improve your main job: designers quickly produce images, programmers assist with coding, operators batch produce content—saving time is the greatest value.
2. Side gigs: offer paid services on platforms like AI writing, AI drawing, AI short video production.
3. Content monetization: share your AI learning experience and industry insights, build your personal brand.
Final summary:
Seizing the AI trend involves four steps: build AI intuition → learn how to ask precise questions → build workflows → implement and monetize.
This trend has already begun. This year marks the first year of intelligent agents.
Use your AI to improve efficiency—whether in work, side jobs, or specific tasks like copywriting and monetization.