The $2 Revolution: What People Are Actually Building With Dirt-Cheap AI

The $2 Revolution: What People Are Actually Building With Dirt-Cheap AI I've been watching something interesting happen over the past few months. People aren't just using affordable AI to save money—they're doing things they literally couldn't do before. A freelancer in Lagos is writing proposals in three languages. A student in Manila is learning to code. A small business owner in Nairobi is handling customer support solo. This isn't hype. This is real people solving real problems for the price of a coffee. The Proposal Writers Here's what I kept hearing: freelancers were losing bids because their English proposals sounded... off. Not wrong, just not polished . A web developer in Argentina told me she uses AI to transform her rough Spanish-to-English translations into client-ready proposals. She spends 15 minutes drafting her ideas, another 15 minutes having AI refine the language and structure, and suddenly she's competing with native English speakers. She's won three major contracts