Thrilled to be here! My name is Dr.Safia Bibi and I work as an educator and researcher. Lately, I have been actively exploring how generative AI can transform educational management and creative content creation. I am currently a Level 1 'Prompt Padawan' and looking forward to unlocking new milestones and skills with your support. Drop a comment to say hello and let me know what amazing projects you are currently using ChatGPT for! Looking forward to an incredible learning journey here.

Ive been using ChatGPT for a while now but never really looked into Claude, but Ive been hearing a lot about Claude recently. thoughts?

Hi! I've written some posts in the past about rebuilding my dog training business. I've done some searches in this community, but I thought I would post some specifics about my situation. I have so many tools I pay for, and I just can't figure out what to use, when to use it, and how to use them! I spend so much time trying to figure out how to use what I have, both independently and together, etc. There are many things I would like to do, but briefly, here are the things I would like to work on/create to get started. -I would like to create knowledge bases for different things. A couple of examples are: A knowledge base all about my dog training business Knowledge bases on different aspects of dog behavior (reactivity, puppies, anxiety, etc.) I was thinking I would try Google NotebookLM to create the knowledge bases. Then I could use ChatGPT or Gemini to create content from the info in the Google Notebooks. I currently mostly use ChatGPT for my business. I have a project that contains my chats. I don't know much about custom GPTs, but would it be better to learn how to create a custom GPT that's trained on my business rather than using projects? Should I still create the NotebookLM Knowledgebase? This is just scratching the surface for a place to begin. There are many things I want to do, and many different tools. There are also so many more tools I see all the time...maybe something else would be better? What about chatbots? AI assistants? I'm constantly seeing these tools, and they are always adding more and more options to create things. I have asked ChatGPT these questions, but I would like to get some advice from real people who know what they're doing. I'm learning as I go, and it's quite overwhelming! I'm hoping for a little guidance, suggestions, recommendations, and personal experiences from anyone willing to help me out. Feel free to ask me any follow-up questions that may give you some more specifics about anything...what tools do I have, more details on what I would like to accomplish, etc.

A question I keep seeing from business owners here: should I build a Custom GPT, or is a good saved prompt enough? The honest answer is that most people reach for a Custom GPT too early, when a saved prompt would do the same job with a lot less faff. Here is the simple way to decide. Use a saved prompt when the task is a one-off shape you repeat. Things like "turn these notes into a follow-up email" or "summarise this article in five bullets". You paste the prompt, drop in your content, and you are done. Keep these in a notes file or a doc so you are not rewriting them from scratch every time. Build a Custom GPT when you need the same instructions, tone, and reference material applied again and again, especially if other people on your team will use it too. A Custom GPT lets you bake in the role, the rules, and any files it should always refer to. Good examples: a support assistant that already knows your refund policy, or one that writes in your brand voice every single time. Rough rule of thumb: if you would have to paste the same background into the chat more than a few times a week, it is worth turning into a Custom GPT. If not, a saved prompt is faster to set up and easier to tweak when you change your mind. What are you leaning on more right now, Custom GPTs or a prompt library?

I've been experimenting for the last three weeks with Wispr Flow and I have to be honest I don't think I could do without it now. As you can see from the attached screen shots, I use it a hell of a lot for writing prompts and I find it way better than either Claude's microphone or ChatGPT's microphone. It's particularly good at recognising technical words to do with hosting or domain names, things that normally would drive you crazy because after you've done speech-to-text you have to go back through and then edit it all correctly. As you can see from the attached screenshot it looks like I might be doing too much work and my poor friends don't get to hear from me too often. 😄 Anyway if you want to write detailed prompts extremely quickly and with minimal editing (I'm talking almost never), then I highly recommend trying out Wispr Flow. Cheers Jason