AI obviously is powerful and quick to build, but intellect, intelligence, and creativity will still lead to disproportional outcomes for users. After all, AI still relies on effective prompting to build well.
The real danger, then, is not AI churning out endless slop, it's actually that the slop degrades the perceived quality of actual products and legitimate effort.
Measuring by users is one metric, yes, and a good one. But, quality of output and performance beyond a simple prompt is what will make the difference. Products couldn't only be measured by the number of users, but also by quality and ingenuity.
Lastly, the products of tomorrow will not defy AI, but will build on top of them. AI will build and perform a higher level of compute, yes, but the products will orchestrate AI workflows, rather than deterministic outputs. Guided reasoning, orchestration, and value creation are human qualities, not AI.