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What is your preferred source for AI assistance?

What is your preferred source for AI assistance?

  • Chat GTP (Open AI)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Claude (Anthropic)

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • Meta (LLaMA)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Gemini (Google)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Grok (xAI)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Mistral (French)

    Votes: 1 33.3%

  • DeepSeek

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other?

    Votes: 1 33.3%
  • Total voters
    3
michaelskis

michaelskis

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There are several different sites out there that offer AI assistance for things. Chat GTP was an early arrival, but they are not alone anymore. For a while, I have only used Chat GTP, but now I am exploring other options.

Which is your go-to and why?
 
I like GPT, Claude and Gemini.

Hate to admit that I use them, since I am aware of the energy and water burdens of data centres, but I do. Try and at least keep it to things that I actually am stuck with, like Python coding, not asking it BS about Jaguars and music.

Anthropic seems to be the "least worst" of all of the major ones, at least on a surface level.

Grok is sometimes funny to use for joke prompts, but again, try and minimize my usage.
 
Have not used any. Don't know what I would use any for.
 
I tend towards Claude since it does better with long-form writing and, in my experience, has been far less prone to hallucinating without having to setup a bunch of specific rules to keep it from inventing information. It generally behaves more ethically. I've used ChatGPT a lot as well, but I've got a laundry list of rules I force it to follow. I tend to use ChatGPT to go citation hunting.

I like Ideogram a good bit for image rendering especially in the infographic sorts of spaces with text-on-image, and have been experimenting with Discord MidJourney. I still have a very, VERY strong preference for using human visualization, mostly because I have very particular ways I like to use light and create "motion" to draw specific attention to certain elements. Plus, I enjoy the iterative process working with artists.
 
I use ChatGPT and have several projects set up within it, each with its own set of rules. I haven’t tried other platforms, so I can’t really compare. I rely on it heavily for church work in my role as Congregation President. I’ve uploaded a couple years’ worth of meeting minutes, bylaws, and general church information. The key is directing it to pull specifically from those sources. When I do that, it’s very effective at summarizing past actions and explaining how the bylaws apply in particular situations. It saves me time but I still have to verify accuracy.
 
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