There is still an AI I am beating

This will not be a post about the best AI tools out of the many out there.

This will not be a post about which AI tools I am using myself (that list exists, but I ask you, who is really interested in just another list ?)

This is also not the truth about AI, it is an opinion.

Fireflies - the other kind

This is a post telling you to find the AI tool which you can (still) beat.  

(There is still an AI I am beating, will be coming to that which one that (still) is.)

Yes, I use AI in various ways. Many reasons for me, many reasons for others.

All of them convincing us humans that we are great in multi-tasking. The remains of my neuropsychology learnings in university days & lasting interest in that realm can still provide plenty of arguments to challenge that one ;-)

Anyway: In the bubble surrounding me, the main "Why I use AI"-reasons seem to be the list below:

Automate repetition & transcription

Get rid of tasks which consume time but not necessarily an equal amount of value. Being a sucker for efficiency, it would be rather contraproductive to not use tools to cut time on repetitive tasks or reduce creation time for text & meeting summaries.

Intelligent search and dialog-driven decision making

In my totally non-empirical observations from workspaces I meet the starting use case on AI still seem to be looking for some information and drill-dialog down to the essence of it.

Code optimisation and completion

From vibe- to pseudo- to real coding, depending you are in the space between product, science & technological realm.

Innovation enabler

Creating drafts which you can easily work away from or what I dub gimme- something prompts & dialogs, so ideation to kick off a creative process.

Data driven personalized learning

Using AI as a playground to find skills you might have and have not tapped into, or to bring to bloom the ones you did not know you might have.

So dont fret too much about which jobs AI will replace and which it will create ! (remember the times where everyone would become a professional prompt engineer).

Dont fret too much about how many AI tools you will not have tried out and are totally ignorant about ! ( you can create a custom GPT which will approximate that number for you on a daily basis if you wanna enter a battle you cannot win)

My call would be to just play with it.

Read the name of a tool somewhere?

Grab one of them , play with it.

Most of them do have free / trial versions anyway. You will find one that will fit your space.

You will find some which will make your life easier, make you better in what you do.

Here comes my reason:

Prove daily that I am not a robot (yet)

You will find some tools which will make your life easier.

And you might find some which you can beat.

So this is not a post about the best AI tools .

This is a post just telling you to read less post like this one here which talk about AI tools & solutions. Skip the next post and play with an unknown tool instead !

This is a post telling you to find the AI tool which you can (still) beat.

There is still an AI I am beating. (Cliffhanger moment: the answer is not here)

Sorry fireflies.

Transcription tools are awesome. I love words & text ! (not the video type here) Also fireflies. The tool. Not the animal. (Lampyris noctiluca if you are curious what that glowing thing in the dark might be called).

I can still beat fireflies.

That aint an inefficiency of the product..

It is my (possibly useless) talent of being able to throw out a precise executive summary directly following a meeting, even when I am the one moderating and leading it.

Including details ? Nope. Fireflies beats me there.

Concise on-the-point summary ? Come get some .

Can I prove it ? You bet I can.

There is still an AI I am beating. Today that is fireflies.

Tomorrow possibly not so.

But then I find the next one.