Artificial Intelligence & Authentic Fatigue

The way AI has gotten into our everyday lives.

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Depending on who you ask, the future to them could range from: a redhead dropping into a hovering taxi, to a man with a silver arm and grand delusions, or anywhere in between. Chief among topics of the future is typically artificial intelligence a.k.a AI.

First and foremost, A.I. isn’t something that’s come out of the woodworks like some cryptid, it’s been around for about 7 decades, however, the latest trend of overhauling nearly every aspect of our lives with it would have you think otherwise. From search engines, image generation, and all the way to drafting entire documents, A.I. has taken many faces lately. For companies and corporations, it’s an easy way to generate money and cut costs in some cases. But for the everyday person? It’s an exhausting bubble they’re waiting to see pop.

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Initially, it started with the arts, with “Ai?” becoming a common find within the comments of most if not all art posted on various social media posts. If there was anything good to come from this uncontrolled encroach, then it was certainly the consumer’s concern over intellectual property and the uplifting of natural- human art. Furthermore, this extended to writing as ChatGPT and similar providers evolved into hot commodities for many. According to a user traffic report conducted around Feb. 2026, there were over 800 million active users! Perhaps to people not in these fields, it doesn’t seem so bad. Unfortunately, what was once just:

• Digital Assistants
• Search Engine Responses
• Mental Health
• Image Generation
• Writing Assistance Certainly it’s gone further than that. I mean, look at the company that went entirely off script. While there are some specific applications of A.I. that have helped, such as its use in healthcare settings, although that’s another discussion in it of itself. The point is, that while there are settings where this resource can be used for something positive, we’re in the rough era where it’s abused and exploited. Which lends to the exhaustion people are experiencing en masse.

In the spirit of being replaced by robotic overlords, let’s talk about AI and art. Similarly to asking any one of the number of generative ai sites (or apps) to cook up an essay, or perform some other writing task, there’s plenty that can provide you with art tailored to hyper specific prompts that work to create a completely original piece of “art”. Now, there are swathes of people that maintain this practice as ethical via their continued use of said practice. They’ve gone by a few names such as: Prompters, Prompt Engineers, AI “Artists”/Generators. Surely we remember the “artist” that submitted a generated piece and won in a competition against other competitors? Term liberties and callbacks aside, sites like Midjourney, OpenAI and many more examples continue to take up space where regular, human art should thrive.

It doesn’t stop at writing, or image generation either, it slinks its way even into music. Perhaps you’ve seen hour-long videos on your YouTube feed, maybe there’s some fascinating art, or a catchy title along the lines of “Stellar Vibes 1hr jams” or something like that? Well, while not every musician has hopped on the coattails of this trend, but many did, enough for another source of AI fatigue to rear its head. The “music” uploaded could potentially feature a good selection of tunes that may or may not sound vaguely similar, or as if they’re on a loop- but that’s neither here nor there. However, much like the uptick in generated images brought on skeptics, so did the upward trend of hour long videos that were powered by vibes and “music” to get lost in. Of course, this is still a part of a bigger problem, that being the overexposure to AI and its many applications. At present, there’s little to no pushback in our favor, at least where legislation is required. Regardless, it is certainly something that needs to be regulated, if not for the clear exploitation, then at the very least for the sake of the people- it is and should be more than a valid reason. Moreover, the exhaustion mentioned is there in more places than just the arts like I mentioned, fear over the loss of work has already struck many, as companies willingly sack hundreds to thousands of employees for whatever cost AI will return on the back-end. Still yet, it plagues our devices in a slew of manners, like being the immediate response to any query searched, or adjusting our ads based on what we search up. Despite this, there’s hope, as a blown bubble will eventually pop.

References:

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Berger, Virginie. “AI’s Impact on Music in 2025: Licensing, Creativity and Industry Survival.” Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024, www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2024/12/30/ais-impact-on-music-in-2025-licensing-creativity-and-industry-survival/.

Markman, Jon. “The $39 Million Shoe Company Allbirds Turned into an AI Stock.” Forbes, 20 Apr. 2026, www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2026/04/20/how-39-million-shoe-company-allbirds-turned-in-to-an-ai-company/.

ST. George’s University. “Examples of AI Used in Health Care — St. George’s University.” St. George\’S University School of Medicine, 26 Mar. 2024, www.sgu.edu/school-of-medicine/blog/ai-in-medicine-and-healthcare/.