Tested 5 AI side hustles for 30 days — only 1 paid the rent ($220 in 9 hours)
A 30-day experiment with 5 AI side hustles found one winner: 'AI content cleanup for local businesses' — DMing 30 local shops on Instagram with a $50 offer to rewrite 15 posts + 5 story scripts in their voice. Result: $220 for 9 hours plus a $120/month retainer. The other four (Fiverr logos, Claude resumes, faceless Instagram, newsletter) earned essentially nothing. Self-reported, unverified.