Corey Quinn
Sincere AI question: I’ve been using ChatGPT as my go-to AI tool for every ad-hoc random question / task I need AI for. Is that still the superior option, or is there a competitor I should seriously consider these days?
Apr 23, 2024 at 6:17pmWeb
Show threada*lfonso adriasol&Apr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig gemini is ok, meta ai ok, of course with all the caveats, but comparing responses might help
AWS rufus is the worst
Show threadDavid SeidlApr 23, 2024

@Quinnypig Realistically, I'm not sure there's enough of a day to day difference across a wide range of tasks to make a jump.

Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT may each be better at some tasks, so I keep telling folks here to that it may be worth their time to play with all three in their heavily used niches.

Gemini, for example, generated a far better (people's choice winning!) chili recipe for our IT department's annual chili contest. ChatGPT gave me boring midwest chili. Thumbs up for that use...

Show threadAJCxZ0Apr 24, 2024

@Quinnypig I concur with @davidseidl. Of the "free" single model web chat services, using the same prompt on all three helps illuminate the (in)consistencies of each and increases the probability of a useful answer.

On mobile, I like Quora's Poe app for the consistent interface to a very wide range of models ("bots") including all the major "free" and many or most of the subscription models. The matching web interface at https://poe.com makes it easy to move between mobile and desktop.

Poe - Fast, Helpful AI Chat

Poe gives you access to the best AI, all in one place. Explore GPT-5, Claude Opus 4.1, DeepSeek-R1, Veo 3, ElevenLabs, and millions of others.

Show threadJohn AhlroosApr 23, 2024

@Quinnypig Try Microsoft's Phi-3.

Axios VP is claiming you should be using it for very very high stakes applications. 😂

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/microsoft-open-source-small-language-model-phi

Microsoft releases open-source small language model

The company says Phi-3 can handle many of the same tasks as the large language models.

Axios
Show threadAmes  Apr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig I like Perplexity -- it does a web search and seems to vet results a bit better. I upgraded to the paid version.
Show threadRobert AtkinsApr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig I like perplexity for general knowledge questions (free version’s been useful to me!) but I use GPT-4 for programming (and adjacent) questions; mostly because I have a sub via work, but it’s useful.
Show threadWowSuchCyberApr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig Claude 3 is great. My advice: subscribe to kagi.com, get a great search engine + access to a bunch of AI to test:
Show threadDave MerrillApr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig sounds like a question for AI!
Show threadBeaApr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig Claude is really good at giving a detailed answer to a lazily worded question in my experience.
Show threadDmitri KalintsevApr 23, 2024
@Quinnypig Inflection (pi.ai) been quite nice too.