There’s a lot of hype around AI right now—some of it deserved, some of it delusional, and some of it written by people who’ve clearly never touched a command line. But in between the buzzwords and billionaire egos, there are AI tools that actually work. Like, really work. Like “why am I smiling at my screen like this is sorcery?” work.

So here are five AI tools that feel like pure magic—but are very real, very useful, and (if you’re not careful) very addictive. Oh, and yes—I’ll even tell you what jobs these tools can help with, in case you want to look productive while you’re marveling at the future.

Let’s be honest: AI image generation used to be a little… cursed. Sure, it was fun. You’d type in something like “astronaut walking on the moon in the style of Van Gogh,” and then hold your breath while the machine spit out a blurry nightmare with seven fingers and no soul. But now? DALL·E 3 entered the chat like, “Alright, I’ve had 150,000 shots of espresso. Let’s rally!!”

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