I’ve been messing around with a lot of AI tools lately and something kinda clicked for me. The ones I keep using aren’t the best ones. They’re just the easiest. Like… if I have to think at all, I’m probably not opening it again. At first I thought it was all about output. Better writing, better edits, whatever. But that hasn’t really been true for me. It’s more like… does this make my life easier immediately or does it feel like another thing I have to manage? Most tools feel like work after a few uses. Too many steps, too many options, too much going on. The ones I stick with are super simple. Stuff that just summarizes emails so I don’t have to read everything. Or cleans up notes so they actually make sense later. Or helps me start writing when I’m stuck. Nothing impressive on the surface. Just saves me time. And honestly, I’d take something slightly worse that’s instant over something “perfect” that slows me down every time. I’ve also noticed the more niche the tool is, the better it usually is. Like the ones that do one specific thing just work. The “all-in-one AI everything” tools are usually the ones I drop first. Feels like a lot of businesses are overthinking AI too. Not that they need better tools, they just don’t really know where it fits into what they already do. Anyway, curious if anyone else feels this way or if I’m just using the wrong stuff. I wrote more about it after thinking on it for a bit, can share if anyone wants to read it. https://altifytecharticles.substack.com/p/stop-chasing-better-ai-start-using?r=7zxoqp submitted by /u/Key_Database155
Originally posted by u/Key_Database155 on r/ArtificialInteligence