Prediction. By mid 2026, most of the videos on your FYP will be from creators using AI in some part of their process. Not to generate the video. To plan it.
The split I'm seeing already
There are two camps forming.
- AI slop creators. Fully generated voiceovers, stock footage, zero soul. These will lose. Viewers can smell it.
- AI-planned creators. Real face, real voice, but their hooks, scripts and post schedule are all AI-optimised. These are already eating the FYP.
Why AI planning is unfair
A creator with AI planning films 1 video in 20 minutes and it's calibrated to what's already going viral in their niche. A creator without AI planning films 3 videos in 3 hours and 2 of them die because the hook was wrong.
What "AI-assisted" actually looks like
- AI pulls the top viral hooks in your niche this week.
- AI writes 3 hook variations in your voice.
- AI outlines the shot list and the loop back.
- You film. You post. You keep the 90% of the process that makes you, you.
The gap widens fast
The creators who adopt this in Q1 2026 will have a 6 month head start on the ones who don't. That's usually the whole ballgame in short-form.
Get in early
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