AI Assistants

One of the great advances in recent years in the world of AI was the release of ChatGPT. If not the first AI Assistant, it is perhaps the best known for bringing AI capability to the masses.

Artificial intelligence models like GPT that distribute this knowledge and processing power to individuals are known as AI Assistants, for they can assist with tasks small and large in ways that were until recently imagined only by the most dedicated AI developers.

What once was impossible to know or do can often be accomplished simply and easily with the help of the right AI Assistant. They share many similarities, but the quirks and nuances of each can make some more suitable than others to meet your needs.

In the AI world they’re known as Large Language Models (LLMs), for they are trained on vast amounts of written or oral data gleaned from many sources (training data), as well as their own machine learning and neural networks to enhance their capability. All respond to written prompts (some in almost any language), and are easily used by people without specialized computer training.

Here are some of the AI tools that I use. All offer free versions. Some offer increased access or capability with paid plans. I invite you to check them out.

Large Language Models

  • Claude (Anthropic): Technically not a large language model (it’s trained on select data and constitutional principles). Claude is my personal favorite and serves as my AI Advisor on a host of issues. It can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Get access here: https://claude.ai

  • ChatGPT (OpenAI): GPT is the industry standard, offering lots of capability, plugins and recently software apps called GPTs with their paid plan It’s writing style is pretty bland, though it can do much better with advanced prompts. It’s a large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Get access here: https://chat.openai.com/p

  • Bard (Google AI): Bard in some ways is great. Best natural writing style and adaptability to others. Lots of possibilities for future functionality and integration with other Google products Bard thinks it has but isn’t yet quite there. It’s another large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Good at teaching languages, too, I hear. Get access here: https://bard.google.com/

  • Bing (Microsoft): A large language model integrated into the Bing search engine. Best for: Searching and finding information on the web. Get access here: https://www.bing.com/

  • Pi (Inflection AI): A large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Get access here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

  • Perplexity (Perplexity AI): A large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Get access here: https://www.perplexity.ai/

  • Komo (Google AI): A large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer questions in an informative way. Best for: Creative writing, code generation, and answering complex questions. Get access here: https://komonews.com/

Additional information:

  • All of these large language models are still under development, but they have learned to perform many kinds of tasks at a high level.
  • They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as creative writing, code generation, information retrieval, and customer service.
  • To get access to these large language models, you will need to create an account with the respective provider.

Please note that as of this writing I have no affiliate relationship with any of these AI providers and do not receive any compensation should you click through and create an account. Perhaps that will change in the future, but for now we don’t.

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