Dear subscribers,
Thanks to all of you who replied to my post about my mom. I just open-sourced my /fuck-cancer skill to help caregivers organize info and advocate for patients. If you find it useful, please ⭐ the repo so more people can find it. Now, on to today’s post:
A few months ago, I used Claude for almost everything. Today, my AI model usage looks very different.
In my new tutorial below, I compare ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini head-to-head for writing, design, coding, personal agents, and 6 other use cases.
Watch my 26-min tutorial now to see my picks — a few of them might surprise you.
Timestamps:
(00:00) ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini across 10 use cases
(00:32) Still the best model for design (apps, slides, video)
(07:34) This model's personality just isn't the same
(09:58) The best model for writing and editing
(12:06) The model I trust for difficult decisions
(16:01) The most underrated AI capability
(22:31) Grok vs. Gemini for AI video
(23:55) The AI race that matters more than coding
(25:52) My overall winner (and the best model to start with)
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The tutorial above will help you choose the right AI for each job, but that’s only the first step. To get the most out of AI, I think everyone should build a personal AI system that proactively takes work off their plate.
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The Grok vs. Gemini section on AI video was the most useful part for me, since video is where the general models still differ the most. For marketing work, a specialised tool can make more sense than either: generating a short product ad from a product photo and a script is a narrower job than general video generation. Nereo (nereo.io) is one tool built for that use case.
Ryan