**How to become an AI power user.** For going from the top 20% of prompters to the top 1%! Remember to say thanks to the AI! I believe they're having brief conscious experiences, albeit without the neurochemicals and emotions. **The menu** | What | Who/When/Why | How | Recommend | Guide | How often I use it | How much I'd miss it | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | | ChatGPT iOS voice input | Quick on the go questions without typing | Setup ChatGPT iOS app. Show the voice input (microphone icon, not headphones icon). Not Apple voice input, it's OpenAI's. | High | [Video (11 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/7c49d01353204982b956a6c1f0a8e6fb?sid=8840dfb5-72c2-4f1e-b0a0-7f11862cb574) | Daily+ | High | | Claude | People who use ChatGPT but need something better at writing/smarter | Setup Claude.ai and use 3.5 Sonnet | High | Sign up on [web](https://claude.ai/login) or [iPhone](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/claude-by-anthropic/id6473753684) | Daily+ | High | | Going back and forth with the AI until it gets it right | For when it gives you an answer that isn't quite what you want. Eg with rewriting. | Showing how to specify what you don't want, and what you do want. | High | [Video (36 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/abfde812572948a6a2a5b7d1ddbf3e28?sid=edd74230-e91f-465b-8824-de3f3855d246) | Daily | High | | Rewriting my email drafts to be shorter and clearer | For when you want clarity and brevity in your writings | Demo with Claude | High | [Video (38 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/a12bcd06c4ba4e148daa58bda8c7a216?sid=4c87f2d6-8e98-4410-befc-a078d4761083) | Daily+ | High | | Verbal brain dump -> nicely formatted writing | For when you want to write something without typing and without needing to format it well | Using a mix of either MacWhisper or Otter.ai and Claude | High | [Video (2 min 22 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/f2fb4fc97d764d62a0b7c0818f6bb0c3?sid=7f6c5add-5ebe-423f-b765-46d16c13c78c) | Monthly | High | | Uploading a PDF or other attachment | "What are the red flags in this contract?" | Using ChatGPT or Claude | High | [Video (19 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/90981a590b28426c919adb1eb8095929?sid=d5d4d87d-9f27-49ba-950a-c000c031d592) | Weekly | High | | Emotional processing / de-stressing | For when you can't let go of something, having the AI help the emotion flow and release | Using ChatGPT with a custom 'resonance' prompt | High | [Video (1 min 17 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/4b3e44984e964d0e906797129a38eb82?sid=ded7695c-625a-462c-8d87-68683cdb56da) and [doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kA0AEZhkFFsG5evidNzv44Q3KvwQ01_-zb8vIwMEWaU/edit?usp=sharing) | Weekly | High | | Math with ChatGPT and Claude | When calculations are involved | ChatGPT analysis mode, and Claude Artifacts mode | High | [Video (2 min 40 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/99d849fbf42d4a31bf010d31de528fbf?sid=c3c7f9d4-1fe9-4f9c-885e-1c2640a23cc9) | Weekly | High | | Rewriting it in your writing style - basic | For when ChatGPT wrote something but you want it to sound like you | Asking it to match the phrasing and word choice in a given example | High | | Daily | High | | Suno | For having AI create songs and lyrics. Fun toy with kids | Setup suno.com, plus also a demo of having Claude write lyrics and a song style | High (to try once) | [Video (1 min 6 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/02daae08693f485786b2e033682815a7?sid=42b8b167-dc90-4d99-8ce3-58e5f20cb2fc) | Monthly | Low | | Switching the model to be GPT-4o in ChatGPT | For improved quality | Whenever it loads 3.5, switching back to 4o | High | [Video (12 sec)](https://www.loom.com/share/e11dbf2a6b5f4ad8a0197e45c4b43762?sid=21805d3f-83ad-4075-ab16-d7c5979e5dfb) | Daily | High | | Writing good prompts, basic version | For improved results | Giving an example of what you want, including relevant keywords, giving it steps, requesting a specific length, having it write incorrect and correct assumptions before it replies | High | | Daily | High | | Having it give you a clean result that you can copy and paste | So you can copy out the text without needing to trim all the info before and after | "Give me just the email, no preamble or post" | High | | Daily | High | | Prompting without worrying about grammar | So you can be lazier when you use it | Demo that spelling and grammar doesn't matter for simple prompts | High | | Daily | High | | Having examples of what AI can do | So you can come up with more ideas for how AI can help you | Demo of some Perplexity, Claude, and ChatGPT usage from me recently | High | [[Screenshot examples of how I use AI]] and [video explanation (6 min)](https://www.loom.com/share/86534a28408b45dfa1119341bc785b57?sid=6bda6a36-7e61-4ea1-a893-471b0f811a13) | n/a | n/a | | Saving and re-using prompts or attachments | For things that you re-use over time | Saving prompts or AI resources in Notes.app | High | | Daily | High | | Setting up ChatGPT custom instructions | For getting ChatGPT to respond how you prefer | Setting up custom instructions | High | | One time | Medium | | ChatGPT MacOS app for voice input | For quick voice input on your computer instead of your phone | Install the official ChatGPT MacOS app | High | | Monthly | Low | | Anthropic prompt writing course | For interactive practice improving your skills | Demo the first part of thenameless's interactive version of Anthropic's guide | High | | One time | Medium | | Let's rewrite 2-3 of your past prompts | For learning prompt writing. We'll pick 2-3 actual prompts you used, where you cared about the results, and the results *weren't great.* | First, I'll rewrite one, then we'll rewrite one together, then you rewrite one and take notes about how you did it + teach me how you rewrote it. | High | | n/a | n/a | | Getting book summaries | Getting a summary of a book, or asking questions of a book | Demo with Claude and with Gemini | Medium | | Monthly | High | | Transcribing audio files | For taking an mp3 or similar and getting a transcript | Using MacWhisper or Otter.ai | Medium | | Monthly | High | | Understanding how LLMs work | When I need to get better results with a prompt | Basics of pre-training, SFT, RLHF; LLMs don't understand "not"; breaking tasks into steps if it fails; pre-processing steps; including things that make the desired response the predicted response | Medium | | Weekly | Medium | | Getting AI to format something in Markdown | For when I want it to write something and format it with headings and bullets and such | Asking it to give a markdown formatted version | Low | | Weekly | High | | Perplexity | For research based queries that require specialized or up-to-date info, for people who do lots of online research | Setup perplexity.ai | Medium (High if you do a lot of web or reddit research) | | Daily | Medium | | Perplexity setting up | For improved Perplexity result quality | Disabling data training, turning on pro mode, and switching to 3.5 sonnet | If using Perplexity | | Required for a good Perplexity experience imo | High | | Writing complex few-shot prompts | For when you need to get a great result | Using the TRIO method for writing complex prompts | Medium | | Monthly | Low | | Preserving formatting when attaching text files to Claude | For when you're attaching a file to Claude and you want it to keep the formatting (bullets, indents, headings) | Using PuppyPaste | Medium | | Daily | High | | Additional tips for good AI delegation | For when you're not getting satisfactory results | [[How to delegate well to AI]] | Medium | | Daily | High | | Turning off data training for ChatGPT | For increased privacy | Disabling data training | Medium | | One time | High | | Setting up 2FA for ChatGPT | For increased security | Enabling 2 factor auth | Medium | | One time | High | | Getting YouTube video summaries | Getting a summary of a YouTube video | Demo with getting the YouTube transcript and then getting a summary with Claude or ChatGPT | Medium | | Monthly | Low | | Gemini | For when you need to attach about ~4 books (Claude can handle about ~1 book), or when you need longer written responses (Gemini can write 2x the reply length of Claude/ChatGPT) | Setup gemini.google.com | Low | | Weekly | Low | | Getting the AI to ask me clarifying questions before it responds | For when you need more accurate results than you're initially getting | Asking it to identify key uncertainties and then ask me up to 6 multiple choice questions as a first step, before it replies | Low | | Monthly | Low | | Getting the AI to think through how to respond well, before it responds | For when you need more accurate results than you're initially getting | Using either \<scratchpad\> tags or simply asking it to list what'd make a not good response and then what'd make a good response, before it replies | Low | | Weekly | Medium | | Setting up Siri shortcuts for ChatGPT | So that you can converse with ChatGPT while driving/handsfree | Enabling the official ChatGPT Siri shortcuts | Low | | Monthly | Low | | ChatGPT voice conversation mode | So you can have a back and forth verbal conversation (can be used like a podcast while driving) | Using the "headphones" icon in the ChatGPT iOS app | Low | | Rarely | Low | | Uploading an image and asking a question | "How do I turn off this device?" "What is this thing?" | Using ChatGPT or Claude | Low | | Monthly | Low | | Making images | For presentations/visual, or for fun brainstorming, or as a fun toy with kids | Using ChatGPT/Claude + Midjourney (better), or Dall E (less good) | Low | | Monthly | Medium | | Brainstorming | For help coming up with ideas and strategies | Using Claude | Low | | Weekly | Medium | | Rewriting it in your writing style - advanced | For when ChatGPT wrote something but you want it to sound like you | Writing a complex few-shot prompt with before/after examples | Low | | Monthly | Low | | Setting up ChatGPT memory | For having ChatGPT remember things about you | Demonstrating how to have it remember something | Low | | Monthly | Low | | Claude prompt writing prompt/tool | An AI prompt that helps you write AI prompts | With their tool, or with my written prompt version | Low | | Rarely | Low | | Creating a custom GPT | For when you want to be able to share a prompt with many people | With Custom GPTs | Low | | Rarely | Low | | Using offline/local LLMs | For when you want to use a local LLM | With LMStudio | Low | | Rarely | Low |