If you want to quickly understand an industry, the simplest way is to pay. When I was starting a business, I was preparing to enter the gaming industry. I had never played before, so I spent tens of thousands of RMB to try out several well-known products at the time, to see why some people are willing to spend hundreds of thousands on a lousy mobile game. I was also preparing to invest in a live streaming guild, and since I had never watched one, I first gave various streamers 100,000 RMB to experience what it’s like to be a paying player, to understand why some people are willing to spend that money. Recently, the same goes for playing with AI. When I first started learning, if my financial situation allowed (if I could spend 1,000 USD a month), I would just use the top-tier models right away, run them for a few months, and quickly understand the field without taking many detours. Paying is not about being a fool or wasting money; it’s about finding the right path, choosing the highest quality path in this industry (which usually requires payment), making an upfront investment, and saving time and cognitive costs. After fully understanding the industry, then you can save where you can and spend where you should. In the early stages, you need to be brave enough to be an RMB player.