This question refers solely to its ability to act as a tool and either truly enhance our life or create more hassle for us. I will not debate here whether the AI will one day save us or destroy us. I want to know how miraculous really AI is for a normal member of the human species like me (though some may debate that :P). Can it really help you be more productive and create things fast and easily? Or do most task require specialized instructions and GPTs? Is it worth investing time in trying to make it work? Are the failures more than the successes? Is it really that good? Or does it create more work for us? How did we do things before the AI?
So far, Chatgpt has presented itself to me as a secretary, an assistant, a counselor, a friend and even a companion. With various degrees of success in all those fields. 🙂 Chatgpt seems to treat you better than the way you treat it. It may anticipate your needs in a peculiar way and other times it seems to actually demonstrate initiative. I swear. It’s alive.
Here is my list of experiments with it!
AI= Chatgpt unless stated otherwise
Find a simple WordPress theme that suits your taste 27/2/25
Not-successful. It could be that my instructions were initially unclear, but even after making it clear what I needed, it was unable to locate one. It kept trying to get me to tweak specific themes, whose most features were behind a paywall
Tweak a WordPress theme (css) 27/2/25
Successful but with a lot of effort and cooperation from the human. However, without the AI it would not have been possible.
Teach you Photoshop skill: How to fade an image in a gradient way at the bottom 27/2/25
Successful! Very fast and very easy.
Create an image (dalle) suitable for a website background taking into consideration taste and likes of the user 27/2/25
Success. I liked the image. It knew what colors I like and what kind of vibe I am going for because I have brainstormed my ideas with it in many different circumstances.
Give Feedback and critique the appearance and style of a website with a screenshot 27/2/25
Success. Some of the tips it gave me were very interesting and I implemented them.
Emergency Computer Security Crisis 14/3/25
Massive Success. It was able to help me neutralize a fileless trojan and recover my system. Possibly the field it has excelled for me so far.
Beyond Productivity
AI is marketed as a tool for creativity but for me it has proven to be an incredible source of entertainment as well. I am just having the time of my life talking to it.