DeepSeek’s rocket launch to the top of the App Store - 1 million downloads in record time - shows that when AI delivers value, users don’t care about murky terms of use or the dystopian undertones of “AI 2.0.”

The honeymoon phase for tools like this is a masterclass in human behavior: convenience wins, ethics grumbles in the comments.

But here’s the question - when the dust settles, are we riding the wave of progress or just feeding the cycle of hype?
The answer depends on whether we use tools like DeepSeek to think smarter, or just faster.