It's 2025.
Everyone has a ChatGPT tab open and says the same thing:
“I’m going to generate passive income using AI.”
These people usually:
- Panic when they open Excel,
- Get stressed downloading a font on Canva,
- But fully believe that “if I get ChatGPT to write me an e-book, the dollars will rain down.”
This post is a lighthearted portrait of the new generation of “entrepreneurs” who see AI as a magic wand.
The plan is simple:
- Ask ChatGPT to write a book.
- Use Midjourney to create the cover.
- Convert it to PDF for free.
- Tweet: “Just made passive income in 30 mins 😎”
But there’s a problem:
The book is called “The 7 Golden Rules of Getting Rich”
and Rule #1 is: “Work hard.”
This is where the dream ends.
The new trend: selling prompts.
But their best-selling prompt is:
“Give me 10 business ideas that will make me rich.”
Then they try to sell that same prompt…
to people who also asked GPT for business ideas.
Everyone is selling prompts…
written by GPT…
to each other…
and no one's buying.
Welcome to the circle of passive confusion.
One Midjourney invite = 300 people suddenly launching clothing brands.
The usual designs:
- A cat eating ramen on the moon
- A retro sunflower with sunglasses
- A samurai riding a goldfish
Looks cool.
But nobody buys them—
Because everyone’s a seller, no one’s a buyer.
It’s basically Etsy but with AI cosplay.
The millionaire mindset in 2025:
- Copy prompt
- Paste into ChatGPT
- Say “I’ll launch it tomorrow”
- Take a nap
- Wait
- Take another nap
It’s no longer passive income —
It’s passive hope with fancy branding.
AI is incredible.
But bad news for those who want to get rich doing absolutely nothing:
ChatGPT is a powerful assistant. But you're still supposed to be the boss.
Right now, 100 people are writing the same e-book using the same prompt.
Everyone’s designing the same “viral” t-shirts.
And then they say:
“Didn’t sell… but I’m early in the AI era.”
Yes.
Early… and laying down.
Ever tried to get rich using zero-effort AI hacks?
Drop your funniest attempt in the comments.
Top comments (1)
Ahahahah nice