I just realized the interest in AI is as a hack. That hey it somehow one shots or builds an application that makes me a millionaire, or I use it at job and it saves me like six hours per day and I’m working only two hours something like that. I think AI is all about that magic of going up fast or getting leisure. That’s all people care about. At least the wider tam is just that.
It’s basically that people will see a object, they will have fantasies and dreams about it, and you are supposed to feed into those. I guess that is really easy one. That is really scalable instead of trying to manufacture something from scratch. For example, you can try to manufacture want for something like explainers of AI or you can tap into the innate want of someone to want to look beautiful.
Okay, now then search like this. Now we know that there are things that people want, and there are generators for those things, or object of interest for those things, and we make content around it and bin go. People wanna be more hot, generators are face, so we target that. People wanna be rich. AI is an object. We target that. So you have to come up with ideas like this.
| People want to be… | Generator / object of interest | What they actually fantasize about | Content world |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot | Face | being desired, stared at, treated differently | faces, facial proportions, celebrity beauty, transformations |
| Hot | Body | sexual desirability, clothes fitting perfectly, presence | physiques, transformations, body archetypes |
| Hot | Hair | youth, masculinity/femininity, transformation | hairstyles, hairlines, celebrity hair, before/after |
| Attractive | Fragrance | someone noticing them, intimacy, memorability | perfumes, scent profiles, “compliment getters,” what different people smell like |
| Rich | AI | ridiculous leverage, escaping work, sudden wealth | one-person companies, AI fortunes, automated jobs, AI businesses |
| Rich | Businesses | owning a machine that prints money | weird profitable businesses, margins, tiny empires |
| Rich | Houses | “I made it” | mansions, penthouses, compounds, unusual wealthy homes |
| Successful | Cars | arrival, freedom, status | dream cars, garages, what successful people drive |
| Successful | Watches | having crossed some invisible threshold | collections, founder watches, watches attached to milestones |
| Powerful | Companies | controlling resources and people | corporate empires, monopolies, bizarre business power |
| Powerful | Weapons / military machines | overwhelming capability | aircraft carriers, stealth aircraft, missile systems, bunkers; historical/technical framing |
| Intelligent | Books | becoming cultured/smart without yet doing the work | libraries, reading lists, books owned by famous thinkers |
| Intelligent | Desks | “this is the place where genius happens” | workspaces of writers, scientists, founders, creators |
| Productive | Computers/setups | effortless output | battlestations, multiple screens, keyboards, weird workflows |
| Creative | Studios | becoming the kind of person who makes things | studios of musicians, directors, designers, artists |
| Famous | Cameras | being seen, becoming a creator | celebrity cameras, YouTuber rigs, famous photographs |
| Free | Airplanes | escaping geography | private jets, first class, strange routes, aviation luxury |
| Free | Hotels/Airbnbs | waking up somewhere beautiful with nothing demanded of you | resorts, remote cabins, long-stay lifestyles |
| Free | RVs / vans / boats | home untethered from location | yachts, van life, liveaboards, mobile homes |
| Adventurous | Motorcycles | escape + danger + individuality | bikes, journeys, legendary motorcycles |
| Cool | Clothes | having an identity others immediately understand | outfits, uniforms, subcultures, celebrity style |
| Cool | Shoes | belonging to a tribe/status group | sneaker culture, iconic pairs, athlete associations |
| Masculine | Physique / beard / jaw / suits | becoming formidable/desirable | male archetypes, actors, fighters, style |
| Feminine / glamorous | Dresses / makeup / jewelry | attention, elegance, transformation | red carpet, silhouettes, makeup eras, jewelry |
| Young | Skin | stopping visible time | anti-aging, celebrity aging, skin quality, treatments |
| Loved | Weddings | being chosen | rings, proposals, wedding aesthetics, famous relationships |
| Desired | Dating profiles | abundant romantic options | photos, bios, attractiveness signals, transformations |
| Respected | Titles / offices | being important | CEO offices, corner offices, uniforms, badges, elite institutions |
| Elite | Universities | belonging to an intelligent/high-status class | campuses, admissions lore, famous alumni |
| Secure | Money itself | never having to worry again | bank balances, portfolios, FIRE, passive income |
| Independent | Small businesses | “nobody can fire me” | boring businesses, owner economics, solo companies |
| Relaxed | Automation | things happening without them | robots, AI agents, smart homes, autonomous workflows |
| Organized | Notebooks / planners | becoming someone whose life is under control | notebooks of famous people, planning systems, stationery |
| Remembered | Journals / archives | life not disappearing | diaries, personal archives, commonplace books |
| Interesting | Collections | having taste, history, identity | watches, vinyl, books, cameras, objects |
| Sophisticated | Wine / coffee / audio gear | taste and discernment | rituals, objects, famous preferences |
| Dangerous / formidable | Combat sports | being someone others cannot push around | fighters, physiques, training culture, legendary bouts |
| Fast | Supercars / racing | escaping ordinary physical limits | F1, hypercars, engineering, speed records |
| Superhuman | Spacecraft | transcendence | rockets, astronaut life, Moon/Mars systems |
| Immortal | Longevity tech | escaping aging/death | billionaires and longevity, cryonics, anti-aging labs |
| Beautiful-life person | Interior design | waking up inside an ideal self | apartments, rooms, lamps, furniture, architecture |
| Cultured | Architecture | inhabiting taste | beautiful houses, famous architects, strange buildings |
| Rebel | Hacker computer | having hidden capability outside institutions | hacker rigs, cyber culture, historical hacks |
| Ahead | New technology | living in the future before everyone else | prototypes, robotics, AR glasses, weird new hardware |
desire → fantasy-bearing object → endless instances → content.
That avoids the trap of picking a “topic” and then trying to force people to care.
The best objects already do half the persuasion for you. A face already activates beauty. A supercar already activates status. AI already activates get rich quick and leverage.