Trends, generally speaking, have nothing to do with ordinary people, so there's no need to be anxious about the current AI trend.

DeepSeek is hiring in 2026 with an average annual salary of 1.6 million, but can ordinary people get in?

The requirements from various AI companies are also not low.

Looking back at previous trends:

Bitcoin in 2011—did you buy it? At that time, those who could learn about Bitcoin were mostly internet geeks, highly sensitive to new things, and even willing to hold until now.

Real estate in 2004—did you buy it? Those who could afford to buy several properties back then were already very rich, belonging to high-income groups.

Let me give another simple example. When I took the college entrance exam, the internet industry was developing rapidly, but ironically, computer science majors were unpopular. Everyone rushed into mechanical engineering and civil engineering, which seemed like mainstream majors.

Every generation has its own trends.

For most ordinary people, trends can only increase anxiety, even leading to paying the "IQ tax" or getting harvested as "leeks."

Treat AI as a useful tool, patiently solve the problems you encounter now, and if you can do this, you've already surpassed the vast majority of people around you.

More importantly, you must understand this:

Your level of understanding the business is the upper limit of how you use AI.

Only when you ask a sufficiently focused question and provide AI with enough detailed information will it give you more accurate and deeper answers.

Only with sufficient thinking on your part can AI help you amplify your value.