Most people waste their entire life on

side hustles that sound smart but yet

magically make no money. They see AI

plastered on something and suddenly

think, well, here it is. This is the

opportunity I've been waiting my whole

life for. And honestly, I get it. AI has

genuinely changed what's possible.

[music] It has made it easier than ever

to build a profitable side hustle, but

it's also created a lot of noise. You

see, most people have no idea how to

tell the good side hustles from the bad.

They are obsessed with what sounds

futuristic, not what actually makes

money. The problem is that they think

the money is in [music] the AI itself.

It's not. AI is just a tool. The money

is in using AI to create something that

people are already paying for and using

it [music] to do it faster, cheaper, and

at scale. Just like the internet, you

don't make money with the internet. The

internet is just the infrastructure. So,

in today's video, I am ranking 17 side

hustles from S tier to absolute dog

So, that way you know which ones,

quite frankly, are just a waste of your

time. All right, so side hustle number

one, AI trading bots. This is where

people get sold the dream that a bot

will magically do all of the hard work

and generate money for them. It's the

classic this bot will print money

It is complete nonsense. Look,

yeah, sure, it might sound good on paper

to people who don't understand the risk.

But look, quite frankly, it's just

gambling with a little bit of branding

on top. It's like putting lipstick on a

pig. If you do not understand the

market, the rules, the downside, well,

then you're not building a side hustle.

You're just burning money. So, if you

want to throw your money down the drain,

congratulations, do this one. The risk

is very high with this one. This whole

thing is just a trap for beginners. So,

quite frankly, I'm putting this in F

[music] tier. And that brings us onto

side hustle number two, AI UGC. With

this one, you're going to create content

for brands using AI. Businesses pay for

this because it's tied directly to

performance. If the content helps them

sell more, well, then they'll keep

paying you to create this type of

content for them. The problem is, if it

doesn't feel authentic or if the content

doesn't perform, well, then you have a

problem on your hands. And with that

problem, you're going to struggle to

make money with this. Now, look, there

is demand, but this whole thing lives or

dies on the content and how authentic it

feels as well as how it performs. So,

because of that, I'm going to have to

put it in C tier. Now, moving on, let's

talk about AI clipping. This one I'm

seeing everywhere. With this, you're

going to turn long-form content into

shorts, reels, and clips, and you're

going to do that using AI. Now, I'll be

honest, there's actually real demand

here. It's easy to explain and it's easy

to sell to creators and businesses who

already know that they need more

distribution. The only issue is everyone

and their mom seems to be doing it,

which means the market is getting

crowded fast. And once again, if your

clips don't perform, you become

replaceable very, very quickly. Now,

look, because there's clear demand, but

very little differentiation, I'm going

to go ahead and put this in B tier. So,

just a quick note before we move on, if

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the main reasons stopping you from

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always, so come back here on the next

one to check if you won. So, let's talk

about AI drop shipping. You're going to

use AI to help you source, research, and

sell products. I mean, literally just

drop shipping, but with AI layered on

top to really speed up some of the

process. The upside is the exact same as

regular drop shipping. You have low

inventory risk and it's relatively

straightforward to test products without

too much upfront commitment, but a lot

of times you're going to have to spend

money on ads, which is what gives me

anxiety for beginners. And that's really

why the core problems never change

because drop shipping really is a race

to the bottom. And AI still doesn't fix

the problems with this model, [music]

which is really bad margins and a lot of

cost to actually test products. So look,

because this is an actual legitimate

business model, it's not a gimmick, but

the cost of testing products is just too

much and I've just seen way too many

beginners get burned with this. I'm

going to go ahead and put this in C

tier. And that brings us on to side

hustle number five, which is AI voice

agents. You're actually going to go

ahead and build AI phone agents that can

actually handle calls and bookings for

businesses. And you can imagine why this

is valuable, right? Because it saves

businesses time and quite frankly, time

is money. If the agent can answer calls,

book in appointments, as well as

sometimes even go as far as to handle

basic objections, well then of course

that's something the businesses will pay

for. The setup though is not easy and

businesses get really impatient if it

becomes clunky, robotic, or breaks their

customer experience. Now, if I go ahead

and summarize this entire side hustle,

because the value is real but the

execution is more complex than most

people actually assume going into it,

I'm going to go ahead and put this in B

tier. All right, moving on number six,

AI lead generation. Quite simply, this

is where you're going to use AI to help

businesses find and qualify leads. Let's

talk about the big benefit here. This is

directly tied to revenue and that's why

businesses will always need this. So,

the demand is there, okay? If you can

put qualified prospects in front of a

business, you can make money. It's plain

and simple. With this one, you're not

really selling a nice-to-have. You are

selling something that businesses need,

okay? Something that drives revenue. So,

the value is there. The only downside is

that if your data or targeting is bad,

well then unfortunately that means your

leads are going to be bad, and the whole

thing falls apart. So, you are 100%

dependent on that. So, if I had to score

it, because it connects straight to

revenue, and it solves a real business

problem, I'm actually going to go ahead

and put it in A tier. All right, let's

talk about AI chatbots. With this one,

you are going to go ahead and build

support or sales bots for businesses.

Once again, the appeal is very obvious

with this one. It saves businesses time,

it handles repetitive questions, and it

can actually take a lot of pressure off

of the team from a business point of

perspective. But unfortunately, a lot of

these chatbots are just very gimmicky,

and it's pretending to be a business.

So, to summarize, because there is

utility, but unfortunately, a lot of it

is overhyped and really easy to

commoditize in today's day and age, and

it doesn't have that same excitement

factor as the voice agents, I'm actually

going to go ahead and put this in C

tier. Moving on, let's talk about an

interesting one, and that's actually AI

ghostwriting. With this, you're going to

use AI to help founders, creators, and

experts to write newsletters, posts,

emails, scripts, you know, whatever it

may be. And this can actually be highly

valuable if you can match the founder's

voice and strategy. Now, when you do

this properly, it can actually turn into

strong recurring revenue, because good

operators don't want one-off content.

They usually want to commit to this for

a long period of time. But, you also

need to be consistent with it to benefit

from the recurring potential of this

side hustle. Look, to be honest, if

you're just churning out content with no

thinking behind it, clients can smell

that from a mile away. And the second

they feel that, you become replaceable.

I'm actually quite conflicted on this

one, because it can go really well when

you dial in the voice and the strategy,

or it can go really bad when it just

turns into AI slop. So, because of that,

I'm actually going to go ahead and put

it in B tier. All right, moving on to

number nine, and that is AI websites.

So, with this, it's pretty easy to

understand. It just involves building

websites faster for businesses that need

an online presence. Now, the mistake

that most people make is they sell

pretty pages instead of outcomes, okay?

And the second you just sell a

nice-looking website instead of what

that website can do for the business,

well then you immediately become

commoditized. I'm actually going to go

ahead and put this in B tier. All right,

and that brings us on to number 10, AI

digital products. So, with this, very

simple, you're going to use AI to create

ebooks, templates, guides, or courses

that help people solve real problems.

This is high-leverage, it's scalable,

and it can be done completely faceless.

It's also very beginner-friendly, which

is something I value highly. Now, when

we talk about the flaws, the model only

works if the problem that you're solving

has enough demand. So, if the pain is

small, the product revenue might also be

small. But then again, I guess that's

not really a model problem, that's just

a general business problem. But what I

love about this model is just like when

you have a winner, how crazy and

scalable the business becomes. Now, I

also want to make it clear, I'm co-owner

at a company called Warp, which is a

digital product platform, and I've also

been involved in the space for a decade,

so I do want to say I have some bias

towards this. But all in all, I've seen

people make crazy money as a side hustle

all the way into the millions and

millions of dollars, which is why for

me, because of the scalability of this

business model, I'm going to go ahead

and put it in S tier. All right, moving

on, side hustle 11, AI apps. Now, with

this side hustle, you're actually going

to use AI to create software apps

faster, and the way you're going to do

that is by reducing coding and product

building time. We live in a cool world

where this actually possible, and

there's actually good upside here if the

app actually solves a real problem and

people keep paying to use it. The issue

is that most beginners confuse building

an app with building a business, and

that is a very expensive mistake. An app

is just a product, the business is

distribution, retention, and

monetization. Now, because the upside is

big, but the execution and then managing

churn, and just the general business

model is very tricky as someone who's in

it myself, I'm going to go ahead and put

this one in B tier. All right, moving

on, this is actually a blast from the

past for me. This is AI meme pages. So,

what you're going to do here is you're

going to grow meme pages using

AI-generated or AI-assisted content, and

then actually monetizing later through

uh brand deals or paid shout-outs or

even affiliate stuff like that. And the

reason I say this a blast from the past

is this is actually probably my first,

if not one of my first side hustles.

When I was 14 years old, I actually had

my own Instagram accounts where I was

doing this. Now, they weren't meme

pages, they were branded pages, and they

were all like sort of motivational

luxury lifestyle pages. And back then, I

also didn't have AI to help me, and that

opens up a lot of opportunities, okay?

Now, with AI, it is cheap to start, and

if the content is genuinely good, it can

grow. Attention is fickle, and the

content being good is a big if, okay?

Most pages never actually amount to any

money. So, because it's easy to start,

but also really difficult to turn into a

serious business, I'm going to go ahead

and put this in D tier. All right,

moving on, AI faceless YouTube channels.

With this, you're going to use AI to

script, voice, and produce videos

without ever showing your face. It's

scalable, you don't need to show your

face or build a personal brand, which of

course makes it very appealing for

people who want leverage without having

to be the product. The problem with this

is that it's very slow to monetize, and

most people quit before they make any

money here. The grind looks simple from

the outside, but the patience

requirements, most people unfortunately

just can't handle it. So, if I had to

summarize it, because the model has some

leverage, but the timeline is just too

long, and most people don't stay in it

long enough to see results,

unfortunately I'm going to have to go

ahead and put this in C tier. All right,

moving on, AI video editing. Very

simple, you're going to use AI tools to

cut, edit, and repurpose videos for

creators and brands. The demand exists,

it's fast to deliver, and it is

relatively easy to productize if you're

efficient and you can get moving

quickly. Issue is the barrier to entry

is very, very low. So, the market gets

flooded with people offering the same

copy-paste BS, and because of that,

clients are always going to compare you

based on price instead of value, and the

issue with this is that it quickly

becomes a race to the bottom. So,

because it's easy to sell, but it's also

easy to copy, I'm going to go ahead and

have to put this in C tier. All right,

number 15, AI print on demand. Very

simple, you are going to use AI to

generate designs and then you're going

to sell them on shirts, on mugs, on

posters, stuff like that. Once again,

it's very low upfront cost and it is

simple to test. So, it looks attractive

to beginners who want to get started

fast. The problem is with this one, you

have no moat, the competition is brutal,

and most stores die in the first few

weeks or months. So, to summarize, it's

easy to launch, but it's hard to build

it into anything durable. I'd say really

this one is more of a gimmick than

anything. I will put it in F tier, don't

waste your time. Now, let's move on to

something that is not a gimmick, but

also has some of its own downsides, I

guess like every model, and that is AI

automation agency. Simple concept, this

is where you're going to build systems

that replace boring, [music] repetitive

work for businesses. Once again, the

demand is there, okay? And there's a

real high-ticket potential if you are

solving problems that actually save

time, make things more efficient, and

reduce the need for businesses to hire

more people. Where the downsides come in

is the delivery can get messy, and you

will need some operational skill because

once you start playing with internal

systems, things can get tricky. So, to

summarize, the need is real and the

upside is there, but the execution can

get tricky at times. Nonetheless, I'm

going to go ahead and put this in A

tier. All right, and that brings us on

to number 17, and this is AI prompts.

Very simple, you're going to sell prompt

bundles for different use cases. It's

easy to create and it's easy to package.

So, on the surface, it looks like a

solid side hustle, but look, there's no

moat, the perceived value is low, and

most of it is just AI slop if we're

being entirely honest. Anyone can make

prompts, which means no one really cares

about this too much. So, look, because

it's easy to produce, but also very hard

to make valuable, I'm going to go ahead

and put this in D tier. All right, so

there we have it, 17 side hustles ranked

so that way you don't need to. The

bottom line is this, AI is not the

business. Get that through your head. It

is simply leverage. So, whenever you see

a new AI opportunity, stop asking, "Oh,

is this cool?" And instead ask, "Can

this solve a real problem people already

have and make me money as a byproduct?"

If the answer is yes, pay attention

[music] to it. But of course, do your

own research. If the answer is no, well

then don't waste your time. As a general

rule of thumb, anything that's make

money with AI by selling AI or let the

bot trade for you is usually

The best side hustles are the ones where

AI helps you save time, create assets,

or deliver a real outcome to the buyer.

It's generally business models that

existed before AI, but now what AI

allows you to do is do it faster,

cheaper, quicker, or it allows people

that historically were not able to get

into the business model because the

barrier to entry was too high, and now

they're allowed to do so. And when you

think about it like that, that is how

you stop chasing shiny objects and start

building a real profitable side hustle.

And with all that being said, as always,

I'm watching from afar and I'm rooting

for you.