Things I Think I Think About AI

Below is a list of things I think I think about AI. It's incomplete, in no specific order, and probably controversial. But, it's born from a place of spending an inordinate amount of time using and building with these tools over the last few years (my estimate for time spent working on AI-backed software is ~2,400 hours since 2022, and that doesn't count the day-to-day use of ChatGPT, Claude, etc.).

So please, add, argue, critique what I've got here (as long as you're a) actually playing with this stuff and b) not still solely using 4o 😉).

Thanks,
Noah

Models, Tools, and Better AI Habits

1. You don't need fancy techniques, classes, or a complicated prompt to learn AI. The best way to get up to speed is to pay $25 per month for a ChatGPT subscription and use it as much as possible.
2. If you're still using 4o, your opinions on anything happening with AI are nullified.
3. o3 is the best model from OpenAI, and you shouldn't ever really have to use anything else.
4. Claude is a better writer than ChatGPT.
5. ChatGPT is better at just about everything else.
6. There's nothing Perplexity does that ChatGPT doesn't do better.
7. Grok voice > ChatGPT and Gemini voice (mainly because it uses a better model)
8. ChatGPT's advanced voice mode will remain unusable until they switch off 4o
9. Google Search is good for getting you to a website when you can't remember the URL or can't be bothered to type it in. AI is good for everything else.
10. The only way to be is a token maximalist. Always err on the side of too much context, not too little.
11. If you aren't exhausting your deep research queries in ChatGPT, you're using it wrong.
12. You should be writing with Claude Artifacts/ChatGPT Canvas.
13. The only time prompt engineering techniques really matter is when you're working on a shared prompt (app, GPT, project); otherwise, you should just work with the chat.
14. Sometimes you need to be rude to the AI to help it understand you really want it to do something.
15. You should never share something written by ChatGPT without reading it first.
16. You should never apologize for having used ChatGPT. WWGPTD.
17. Em-dashes are fine, everyone should chill out.