Everyone Who Solves Problems Is an Engineer

Almost 30 years ago, I watched a friend in university work on an assignment: build a clock. The clock hands had to move correctly when the window resized. Sine, cosine, tangent. Trigonometry everywhere. My friend was excited. "The math is beautiful," he said. I thought: "Sure. But what problem does this clock solve?" I wanted to build games. I wanted software that helps people. I appreciated the elegance of trigonometry, but it wasn't the point for me. Fast forward 30 years. Now AI exists. You don't need trigonometry to build a clock. Or a game. Or an app. If you have an idea, that's enough. AI Is a Problem-Solving Tool The Simple Version People overcomplicate AI. The real usage is dead simple: observe problems around you, then build solutions. Someone struggles with data sync in their app → Improve the feature Someone procrastinates constantly → Build a task-breaking AI tool Someone can't navigate government paperwork → Build a guide I've built all of these. Were they technically hard