The Meme-ification of Creativity: AI Is Amazing. My Feed Isn’t Anymore.

This is probably just me. But then again, most shifts start with one person noticing the itch.

Until a couple of weeks ago, my social feeds were a source of joy. I keep things tight: LinkedIn and Reddit. No clutter. No drama. Just a healthy dose of design inspiration, clever branding, thoughtful commentary, and the occasional nerdy delight.

Then came ChatGPT’s image tool.

And overnight, my carefully curated garden turned into a backyard trampoline party for bored millennials with AI access.

I used to scroll and find articles worth reading, visuals worth saving, opinions worth pondering. Now I scroll and find 15 variations of the same smug meme, usually AI-generated, with a generic “What if AI did this?” caption, all wrapped in that shiny, overproduced, slightly-too-perfect aesthetic.

Yes, the tools are incredible. I love them. I use them. I teach others to use them. But I miss the point where “creative tool” became “content slot machine.”

It’s not even that the memes are bad. Some are funny. A few are brilliant. But the daily stream? It’s all starting to blur. Like a never-ending AI-powered inside joke with no punchline.

Is it just me? Or are we all a little exhausted already?

This isn’t a rant against technology. It’s a gentle nudge toward discernment. We’ve been here before: blogs, selfies, filters, hashtag challenges, threads, newsletters, reels. Every shiny object gets worshipped until we’re too tired to care. This one just happens to be very good at producing more shiny objects.

I’m not mad. I’m just craving for creativity that can make me stop and think, instead of scroll and sigh.

I am aready tired of the many daily "thanks the AI and it won't kill you in the distopian future" or the rebranded action figure ripurposed 3x day by different accounts. And it is only the beginning. Let’s hope the novelty wears off soon. Or at least that the pendulum swings back toward quality over quantity. Intent over repetition.

Because right now? My feed feels less like a creative showcase, and more like a meme-fueled flash mob with access to Photoshop on steroids.

And I didn’t sign up for that.