Right now, AI feels like Christmas morning every day. ChatGPT helps app designers fill wireframes with microcopy. Midjourney conjures up mood boards from thin air. Claude can debug web developers' wonky code faster than you can say "syntax error". It's intoxicating, productivity-enhancing, mostly free stuff. (See here how AI is impacting graphic design.) But let's be realistic: this golden age is as sustainable as a chocolate teapot.