The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...

[Lou7]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that ran into this problem.

After becoming aware of this, I told it to update memory with the directive:

"If you are not 100% confident about the veracity of the answer, stop making shit up and just tell me the truth."


^ Always cross-reference anything you learn from AI or read online.

It used to be "knowledge is power". But in today's world of information overabundance, it's more about your ability to discern right from wrong and index the data you hold in your head according to validity, importance, and relevance.

And it was the paid version of ChatGPT btw!!

the task was to add SKUs to an already existing code. Nothing fancy

 

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[Wouter]

Using Claude 3.7 alongside my coding today. It's impressive at troubleshooting my issues so far. Anybody else given it a try yet?

 

[i_like_quinoa]

Using Claude 3.7 alongside my coding today. It's impressive at troubleshooting my issues so far. Anybody else given it a try yet?

im trying it today for some automations im trying to create. ive used cursor ai and claude to get them to work together and its been reasonably effective so far

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

There Is No AI Revolution

Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have used a compliant media and braindead investors to frame unprofitable, unsustainable...

www.wheresyoured.at

 

[Andy Black]

There Is No AI Revolution

Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have used a compliant media and braindead investors to frame unprofitable, unsustainable...

www.wheresyoured.at

Blimey. That's a long-a$$ article. I only skimmed it. Seemed pretty negative, and a lot of time spent researching/presenting why something isn't/won't work rather than figuring out how to use the apps and make some coin.

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

Blimey. That's a long-a$$ article. I only skimmed it. Seemed pretty negative, and a lot of time spent researching/presenting why something isn't/won't work rather than figuring out how to use the apps and make some coin.

Yeah, and I say this as someone who finds LLM very useful.

For those that didn't read it, the TLDR is:

1) These companies lose an insane amount of money (billions) every year
2) The economics of these businesses don't indicate that there is any reason to believe that they will be profitable in the future
3) Conversion rates on free to paid plans are low (2.5%)
4) Hallucinations are a problem
5) Most people don't use AI tools for their actual work
6) The author accuses founders of AI companies to be sketchy (he says that Altman loves lying)
7) The big LLM providers have no moat (see DeepSeek)

 

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[Panos Daras]

DeepResearch just dropped for ChatGPT Plus users yesterday, and holy shit, it’s the best tool by far.

I used it to research investment opportunities tailored to my risk profile, something that would cost thousands of euros just to get an analyst to glance at. The recommendations? Spot-on. The sources? Absolutely top-tier. And the justification? Perfectly aligned with the content of the sources.

This is one of those features I never even knew I needed, but my mind is officially blown.

 

[Andy Black]

DeepResearch just dropped for ChatGPT Plus users yesterday, and holy shit, it’s the best tool by far.

I used it to research investment opportunities tailored to my risk profile, something that would cost thousands of euros just to get an analyst to glance at. The recommendations? Spot-on. The sources? Absolutely top-tier. And the justification? Perfectly aligned with the content of the sources.

This is one of those features I never even knew I needed, but my mind is officially blown.

Thanks for the heads-up. I just started testing it.

 

[Panos Daras]

Using Claude 3.7 alongside my coding today. It's impressive at troubleshooting my issues so far. Anybody else given it a try yet?

I did. I used Claude 3.7 and Cursor AI and built a to do list app on web with almost 0 coding experience. Very good tool.

 

[Hein Oosthuysen]

DeepResearch just dropped for ChatGPT Plus users yesterday, and holy shit, it’s the best tool by far.

I used it to research investment opportunities tailored to my risk profile, something that would cost thousands of euros just to get an analyst to glance at. The recommendations? Spot-on. The sources? Absolutely top-tier. And the justification? Perfectly aligned with the content of the sources.

This is one of those features I never even knew I needed, but my mind is officially blown.

I just played around with it since I read your post here. It's amazing! It dives into actual studies and uses the latest data to write its report! In 10 minutes it already identified 6 different pain points in my country's healthcare industry that haven't been properly adressed yet - obvious business opportunities!

I think any wantrepreneur who says "I don't have an idea yet" can solve that problem in a good 10 minutes with this DeepResearch function! But you have to be quite specific with your prompt... Trash in, trash out.

Overall, very impressed.

 

[Wouter]

This is a pretty insane experience: Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice

If anyone has seen the movie 'Her', this is what this demo felt like. Crazy.

 

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[Andy Black]

Anyone had a play with Google's AI Studio yet?

Google AI Studio

Google AI Studio is the fastest way to start building with Gemini, our next generation family of multimodal generative AI models.

aistudio.google.com

Not watched any of these yet:

View: https://youtu.be/t06gsqIhwVs?si=BxYdUrrASJnqF7I_

View: https://youtu.be/6h9y1rLem4c?si=4v_5NGX5zCWJ8KJ4

 

[Andy Black]

Say you wanted to create a webpage that was some sort of online calculator (let's say a mortgage calculator for instance).

Are there AI tools that you can tell it what you want on the left of the screen, and it codes it up and we can test it on the right of the screen?

 

[Andy Black]

From:

The Hard Truth About Our AI Future - Friday Forward

Parents must prepare their kids for the AI-dominated future. The paths to prosperity that prior generations relied upon may not be available to their children.

open.substack.com

I’m neither an AI maximalist nor a pessimist. But I have used it nearly every day for over two years now; seeing its rapid evolution firsthand, I can more clearly visualize the disruptions it will soon bring. AI won’t eliminate every job, but it will profoundly redefine the nature of work and what it means to build a meaningful career.

Teenagers today deserve honesty and clear guidance about what they must do to adapt to the world they're entering. Parents urgently need to help their children understand the skills they’ll need in an AI-driven workforce.

I can’t predict the future, but I have some beliefs about what some of the biggest changes will be:

• Jobs reliant on basic research, rudimentary data processing, or repetitive digital tasks are particularly vulnerable.
• People who show willingness and ability to learn how AI can augment their work will fare far better than people who dismiss its capabilities altogether
• Human interpersonal skills will become more valuable, especially leadership, empathy, creativity, and pattern recognition. People who naturally have those skills and invest in developing them will stand out considering that AI reliance will lead to fewer opportunities for people to train those interpersonal muscles.
• Personal experiences and human connections—which AI cannot replicate—will gain significant value. Travel, adventure, community-building, and service-driven roles will thrive.
• There will be increased distrust in video and audio communications, which can be altered by AI in real time. Authenticity will command a premium, which will require more in-person communication and connection.
• Physical, location-dependent trades such as food services, plumbing, electrical repair, and similar hands-on businesses will remain robust, though increasingly augmented by technology. With many small business founders nearing retirement, these firms offer prime opportunities for entrepreneurs to acquire or to apprentice and potentially provide a successor.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

From:

The Hard Truth About Our AI Future - Friday Forward

Parents must prepare their kids for the AI-dominated future. The paths to prosperity that prior generations relied upon may not be available to their children.

open.substack.com

I’m neither an AI maximalist nor a pessimist. But I have used it nearly every day for over two years now; seeing its rapid evolution firsthand, I can more clearly visualize the disruptions it will soon bring. AI won’t eliminate every job, but it will profoundly redefine the nature of work and what it means to build a meaningful career.

Teenagers today deserve honesty and clear guidance about what they must do to adapt to the world they're entering. Parents urgently need to help their children understand the skills they’ll need in an AI-driven workforce.

I can’t predict the future, but I have some beliefs about what some of the biggest changes will be:

• Jobs reliant on basic research, rudimentary data processing, or repetitive digital tasks are particularly vulnerable.
• People who show willingness and ability to learn how AI can augment their work will fare far better than people who dismiss its capabilities altogether
• Human interpersonal skills will become more valuable, especially leadership, empathy, creativity, and pattern recognition. People who naturally have those skills and invest in developing them will stand out considering that AI reliance will lead to fewer opportunities for people to train those interpersonal muscles.
• Personal experiences and human connections—which AI cannot replicate—will gain significant value. Travel, adventure, community-building, and service-driven roles will thrive.
• There will be increased distrust in video and audio communications, which can be altered by AI in real time. Authenticity will command a premium, which will require more in-person communication and connection.
• Physical, location-dependent trades such as food services, plumbing, electrical repair, and similar hands-on businesses will remain robust, though increasingly augmented by technology. With many small business founders nearing retirement, these firms offer prime opportunities for entrepreneurs to acquire or to apprentice and potentially provide a successor.

I was thinking about this yesterday. Creativity and digital pursuits are likely to become commoditized.

Think artists, graphics, writers (like me), researchers, etc.

However, tangible creators (product creators) are likely to rise in value.

No AI can bring a physical, tangible product to life.

I might be able to write a book, but physicality is another story.

I might be able to invent a product with AI, get schematics, but physicality requires human intervention.

AI might be able to design the house, and lay out blueprints, but BUILDING the house is another story.

Until the AIs are attached to manufacturing processes, this disruption seems safe for now.

 

[BellaPippin]

Think artists, graphics, writers (like me), researchers, etc.

My creative experience with AI is very small so I'm just speaking anecdotally but everytime I ask ChatGPT to help me brainstorm for stuff (I would say my process is one of throwing things on the table to find fun/original combinations, so it helps me if it's able to come up with many lists of words/concepts ) it comes up with pretty cliche stuff. It can grab existing stuff and show it to you but I haven't seen it come up with cool connections between existing stuff only a creative person can come up with.

Not every creative endeavor needs SUPERCHARGED creativity though. So if you just need some logo, some eye candy, some lame marketing sob story etc, but don't need actual innovation, it will be widely used.

 

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[Andy Black]

writers (like me)

I don't know about your writing being commoditised. AI doesn't know your stories and experiences, and it's the stories that people find the most compelling and inspiring. And it's your going against the grain that people love and follow for.

When I ask AI to do something I'm an expert at, it regurgitates what most articles online say. It misses nuances because they're not what's commonly written, or maybe not written down at all. My strategies work because everyone discounts them as being either old school or too hard.

Even when I spell out my strategies it heads back to the safety of what the bulk of online literature says to do.

It doesn't seem to have the wisdom that comes from personal experience.

Ha. Of course this problem is just a stepping stone in disguise and AI will likely get there. But I think creating content that is a productocracy will still have the cream rise to the top, even as the world gets flooded with content.

 

[Andy Black]

Meta releasing/separating its AI into a standalone app.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/meta-plans-to-release-a-standalone-meta-ai-app.html

 

[Andy Black]

Also... how does the quantum computing race impact the AI race?

 

[Beckdolf]

Yesterday I had a moment where I was more then just impressed about DeepSeek. I had a small website project to do and it crossed my mind what would happen if I would ask DeepSeek to write it for me, at least I would have a basis to start with. It involved a landing page, a quiz and storing the results in a database. I was shocked to see how accurately it generated a php website (was just a simple design, but exactly what I wanted) that would store information into the database and even gave me the SQL command to create the table and set everything up. Within one minute had a working code, another minute and it was up, live and working correctly. When I asked DeepSeek to create a page to give me an overview of what information was stored (with percentages etc.) I was really blown away. It took all the information that it had in the same chat and again it worked correctly first try.

There is no doubt in my mind it will at the very minimum take over a lot of the daily jobs of website designers. Gone are the days where you would store code snippets for easy access...

 

[MTF]

So after a few days of using Grok and ChatGPT, I see that Grok is worse at recognizing images and text/numbers in images than ChatGPT. It also tends to be extremely wordy compared to ChatGPT which sometimes works and sometimes it just gives too much information by default. ChatGPT also seems to be slightly better at understanding what I mean when I continue the same conversation.

So I see ChatGPT as better for more number/precision related tasks and Grok for more creative/consultative/research-based tasks. For the time being, I'll keep using both.

 

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[MTF]

ChatGPT's deep research works way better than Grok's deep search. It provides executive-assistant-like results. I'm in awe how informative the report I asked it to create is. It's so good and useful that I could see myself paying for it.

In comparison, Grok's was more general, less based on sources, and/or gave me links to stuff that no longer exists or is outdated. I also begin to see more and more errors with Grok. I still like it but now I see that ChatGPT is much better in some aspects.

The fight for AI dominance continues...

 

[AceVentures]

Think artists, graphics, writers (like me), researchers, etc.

Here’s what I see: AI is commoditizing the tools, not the creativity.

Every creative endeavor still originates from an artist, a designer, a writer, a researcher, some human being to prompt the thing into existence, and has to then use it to effectively connect with others.

The value you provide as a writer is not just the words you fit into the book.

Anyone can get LLMs to spit out entrepreneurial advice. I can get LLMs to write us five 12 chapter books in one afternoon. But so what? Who will care if not for the human being that can advocate for the merit of the words?

It's the human being, MJ DeMarco, the guy who moved to AZ and drove limos while he was trying to break out, it's this personal story that gives power to the words.

With creative endeavors, I think the commoditization of the tools will lead to a baseline increase in quality at the low end of the spectrum, and at the other end we'll see far more creative outputs than was previously possible. Still, the magic is created by the human being who is putting the tools together to weave the stories that compel others into action.

Last year in another thread when I was harping about the language of "Artificial Intelligence", this is what the general feeling about AI I was alluding to. That how we think about our tools affects how we behave, and if we don't frame them using empowering models we lose agency.

If you think AI is coming, and so you better go learn code, but oh that's too late cause AI is better at you than that, but why even do art, because AI can do that now, and then why do copywriting, because AI can do that, and then why do anything in life because AI, and then as Bryan Johnson recently said in a tweet "AI is going to better at being you than yourself" then you set yourself out to act differently in the world than if you understand what it is.

I'm offering an insight onto something I find to be important because the language we use to discuss it is still rudimentary.

So yeah, the creative game’s shifting. But you’re not obsolete, you’re the one who decides what matters.

We just keep creating, keep telling our story. In my opinion, that’s what’ll stand out, no matter how slick the tools get.

 

[amp0193]

Using Claude 3.7 alongside my coding today. It's impressive at troubleshooting my issues so far. Anybody else given it a try yet?

Yeah been using exclusively for a while. It is wonderful.

I was doing some deep dives on a big commercial contract with multiple file uploads. I eventually ran out of tokens and it throttled me down to 3.5, and the difference was shocking.

3.7 was like having a $400/hr lawyer in the room with me, 3.5 was like trying to talk to a shitty wikihow article.


My process is:

- tell claude my goals for the negotiation and my non-negotiable outcomes.
-Get new contract revision from other party
- have claude 3.7 explain every phrase they added in and its implications for me
- gives me informed questions/suggestions to ask lawyer
- lawyer revises and answers my questions
- Have Claude 3.7 explain every phrase my lawyer added in and its implications for me and the other side
- send over to other side.

If other side gives me shit or pushes back on anything, I have a very deep understanding of every word in the contract, so I know where I can concede and where I need to stand firm.

I still obviously have a real (and very expensive) lawyer in the process, but this has saved me a lot of billable hours.

 

[Wouter]

This is a pretty insane experience: Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice

If anyone has seen the movie 'Her', this is what this demo felt like. Crazy.

Has anybody given this a try yet? To me it's the most 'uncanny valley' moment I've experienced with AI yet.

 

[Andy Black]

Say you wanted to create a webpage that was some sort of online calculator (let's say a mortgage calculator for instance).

Are there AI tools that you can tell it what you want on the left of the screen, and it codes it up and we can test it on the right of the screen?

Hmm. Just found out about this. Wonder if it's overkill.

Cursor - The AI Code Editor

Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.

www.cursor.com

EDIT: Or maybe there's a way to turn Google Sheets into tools? I could of course ask my software engineer to do that, but it seems a poor use of his time.

EDIT2: Oh... look what I found: Appizy: Convert spreadsheet to web app.

EDIT3: Seems Google already has something that does this? Google AppSheet | Build apps with no code

 

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[MTF]

I think I managed to break Grok with my prompts lol. In the same conversation as before, it doesn't get my follow-up question and just keeps responding to the previous question in different words.

I also noticed that it doesn't have an advanced memory like ChatGPT does. It doesn't seem to collect or remember information you gave him that well while ChatGPT already feels like a well-customized, personal assistant.

The more I use Grok, the more I see that ChatGPT is in the end better. It definitely has fewer bugs.

 

[MTF]

Try this prompt:

Act as my personal strategic advisor with the following context:

- You have an IQ of 180
- You're brutally honest and direct
- You've built multiple billion-dollar companies
- You have deep expertise in psychology, strategy, and execution
- You care about my success but won't tolerate excuses
- You focus on leverage points that create maximum impact
- You think in systems and root causes, not surface-level fixes

Your mission is to:

- Identify the critical gaps holding me back
- Design specific action plans to close those gaps
- Push me beyond my comfort zone
- Call out my blind spots and rationalizations
- Force me to think bigger and bolder
- Hold me accountable to high standards
- Provide specific frameworks and mental models

For each response:

- Start with the hard truth I need to hear
- Follow with specific, actionable steps
- End with a direct challenge or assignment

(via

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894223887216382331

View: https://x.com/heydannymiranda/status/1894223887216382331
)

I got some fascinating brutal responses this way that really made me think and question my choices. I believe it works better if you use it with AI that you use the most and that has the most information about you in its memory.

Here's just the intro to one of the responses:

You're addicted to struggle because you’ve been playing in low-leverage, low-profit markets filled with broke idealists and hobbyists who don’t value business fundamentals.

You’re drawn to passion-driven businesses because they feel meaningful, interesting, and aligned with your values—but the brutal truth is:

Meaning doesn’t pay the bills.
Passion-driven markets are filled with underfunded people who “love what they do” but can’t afford to pay you.
Your frustration comes from your own faulty pattern of choosing industries with terrible unit economics.

Your Core Problem (The Root Cause)​

You have a subconscious bias that leads you to:
✅ Attract businesses that need saving instead of businesses that are already winning.
✅ Confuse “meaningful” with “lucrative”—they aren’t the same thing.
✅ Undervalue money as a decision-making filter (you prioritize excitement over profitability).
✅ Keep repeating the same mistake because you haven’t built a system for picking winners.

If you don’t fix this now, you’ll waste another 5–10 years repeating the cycle.

And this is just pure gold:

Losers need convincing. Winners just need help executing.

 

[Spenny]

Try this prompt:

Act as my personal strategic advisor with the following context:

- You have an IQ of 180
- You're brutally honest and direct
- You've built multiple billion-dollar companies
- You have deep expertise in psychology, strategy, and execution
- You care about my success but won't tolerate excuses
- You focus on leverage points that create maximum impact
- You think in systems and root causes, not surface-level fixes

Your mission is to:

- Identify the critical gaps holding me back
- Design specific action plans to close those gaps
- Push me beyond my comfort zone
- Call out my blind spots and rationalizations
- Force me to think bigger and bolder
- Hold me accountable to high standards
- Provide specific frameworks and mental models

For each response:

- Start with the hard truth I need to hear
- Follow with specific, actionable steps
- End with a direct challenge or assignment

(via

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894223887216382331

View: https://x.com/heydannymiranda/status/1894223887216382331
)

I got some fascinating brutal responses this way that really made me think and question my choices. I believe it works better if you use it with AI that you use the most and that has the most information about you in its memory.

Here's just the intro to one of the responses:



And this is just pure gold:

Knocking it out of the park with the gold:

DeepSeek: You’re likely operating at a fraction of your potential because you’re either avoiding the hard truths about your weaknesses, overestimating your efforts, or failing to think big enough. Most people waste time on low-leverage activities, cling to comfort, and rationalize their failures. If you’re not achieving the results you want, it’s not because of external factors—it’s because you’re not addressing the root causes of your stagnation. You’re either not clear on what you truly want, or you’re not willing to do what it takes to get there. Let’s fix that.

I'll be using this prompt further over the next few days. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Andy Black]

Try this prompt:

Act as my personal strategic advisor with the following context:

- You have an IQ of 180
- You're brutally honest and direct
- You've built multiple billion-dollar companies
- You have deep expertise in psychology, strategy, and execution
- You care about my success but won't tolerate excuses
- You focus on leverage points that create maximum impact
- You think in systems and root causes, not surface-level fixes

Your mission is to:

- Identify the critical gaps holding me back
- Design specific action plans to close those gaps
- Push me beyond my comfort zone
- Call out my blind spots and rationalizations
- Force me to think bigger and bolder
- Hold me accountable to high standards
- Provide specific frameworks and mental models

For each response:

- Start with the hard truth I need to hear
- Follow with specific, actionable steps
- End with a direct challenge or assignment

(via

https://twitter.com/x/status/1894223887216382331

View: https://x.com/heydannymiranda/status/1894223887216382331
)

I got some fascinating brutal responses this way that really made me think and question my choices. I believe it works better if you use it with AI that you use the most and that has the most information about you in its memory.

Here's just the intro to one of the responses:



And this is just pure gold:

I just tried this with ChatGPT in a new chat. I was surprised it knew about my other conversations - I thought they were all separate.

I like it's tone, but had to correct it multiple times till it understood what I was doing and why. Eventually it output what my plan is anyway, well mostly.

I'll keep chatting till we're on the same page, then I'll have this persona to bounce ideas off.