How are you leveraging AI to improve yourself?

[Vhwin]

Hi everyone,

I like to use it to save TIME to free up my mental load. My opinion is that it's knowing how to use AI is crucial skillset and the world is going to be divided into people that can use it effectively vs those that don't - not too dissimilar to how search engines were viewed during the start of the internet era.

Here's three ways I like to use it for myself to stuck out to me:
Travel advice and planning itineraries, can be tailored in for myself to factor in activities best for different seasons & stuff that's more enjoyable with family vs a couple
Professionally, I use custom ChatGPT's that are based on operating principles and tailored on giving strategic feedback.
Public speaking is something I'm working on myself, so I'm currently using an AI service that tracks my calls in my calendar and tracks analytics such as conciseness/filler words/pacing/weak words quantitatively.

I'd love to know, what are your favorite ways to use AI?

 

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[Colin MacLeod]

I use

• a coding assist (Github Copilot)
• AI-driven search (perplexity.ai)
• Generative fill in Photoshop

I'm weaning myself off the last one because I'm cancelling my Adobe license. Not sure what I'll replace it with. I make video games and it's useful when the artist hasn't given me enough background to fill a given space, for example.

For the first, I find copilot increases my productivity. If I want a simple routine to iterate over a collection, generally it suggests the right thing and it saves me time.

I recently switched from Google to perplexity.ai and I find it much better for finding out answers on pretty much everything I would previously have "googled." For example, here are some of my recent "searches":

1. What exactly is an explainer video?
2. Where does Danny from "Rate My Takeaway" come from?
3. In C#, can you have a list that allows negative indices
4. OBS macOS shows default image after sleep

In these cases, the AI provided the answers to the questions I had. Previously, I might have searched for a query, then drilled into a bunch of pages to see the answers. With perplexity, I can ask contextual follow-up questions - it's like having an all-knowing assistant!

We as a family also occasionally ask Alexa triva at the dinner table ("What is the biggest….", "what is the population of…", "How do you say "Lemon" in Spanish?"). it's a bit hit and miss.

 

[Vhwin]

Amazing, I'll have to give perplexity.ai a go. I'm from a non technical background, so my equivalent is chucking any scenarios I need advice on to problem solve into GPT and generating tables from them

 

[Colin MacLeod]

Amazing, I'll have to give perplexity.ai a go. I'm from a non technical background, so my equivalent is chucking any scenarios I need advice on to problem solve into GPT and generating tables from them

My teenage son recommended it last week, and it's been an absolute game-changer for me.

One of the standout features of Perplexity AI is its flexibility. You can choose from various language models, such as GPT-4 and Claude-3, to tailor responses to your needs.

I use it for initial context and even advice on pretty much everything from coding, through business/legal to parenting. There's a very generous free offering, but given the value I've gone Pro at $20/month.

The big difference over something like Chat GPT is that it searches the internet for you so the information is current and complete with citations and detailed follow-ups.

 

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