AI - Which one is the best tool?

[Qapla]

A little background: I have been enjoying creating songs with Suno AI. I use the free version so there are limitations. It seems to do a nice job at creating legitimate sounding songs. If you want, you can simply type a prompt like, "I want a blues song about changing the oil in my car." and it will write the lyrics and the music, complete with a singer. It will sound fairly good. You can also write your own lyrics and have Suno provide the music.

 

In playing with this, I have found the Suno AI, while it is great at the music, the lyrics are a bit generic and predictable. So, I tried other AI engines to help in writing lyrics. So far, I have tried ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Of these, I have found the GPT works best for lyrics.

 

With that in mind, I did a little checking to see what the Internet said ... Here is some of what the Internet told me:

 

AI tools include ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft Copilot. Choosing the right alternative depends on the specific task you want to accomplish:

 

• Best for Writing & Coding: Claude is highly regarded for its natural tone, reduced hallucinations, and strong coding capabilities.
• Best for Google Ecosystem: Google Gemini natively integrates with Google Workspace, making it ideal for summarizing emails, docs, and calendar events.
• Best for Web Research: Perplexity AI acts as an AI search engine, providing direct answers with cited sources

 

With that in mind:

• Do you use AI?
• What has been your experience?
• Which AI engine do you prefer?
• Do you use more than one AI?

 

Feel free to chime in on what your personal experience has been and why you use the particular AI you use.

 

Please, do not try to turn this thread into an, "I hate AI" topic or other disparaging comments on the evils of AI - those types of comments will be removed from the thread.

Edited 8 hours ago by Qapla

[Jim Jam]

5 minutes ago, Qapla said:

Please, do not try to turn this thread into an, "I hate AI" topic or other disparaging comments on the evils of AI

 

[Mike047]

We use ChatGPT, ChatGPT-JWPUBS, Microsoft Copilot. We use them for different enquiries, but might try some others you mention John.

[Qapla]

While looking into this, it was the first time I head of Perplexity.

 

I might have to give it a look ...

[mario080]

Good website to quickly compare different models is arena.ai

It used to have some paid models as well, now it's a bit limited but still quite useful 

[Cool Cat]

I have used Claude Code, Antigravity, Hermes Agent, Openclaw, and Codex.

 

I have a couple of days to use my 50% anthropic subscription for the use of Fable 5 the most powerful single LLM model ever released to the public. This model is absolutely amazing and just gets the job done when it comes to building things. I have created loads of apps and tools with these agentic ai coding systems.
 

From a mixed clone of Lovable, Cursor and Claude code that I can plug my Ollama cloud subscription into.  To Openclaw and Hermes agents that are on my Linux headless server at home so my agents are totally private.

 

I would say for agentic work Hermes is the best. It has a very good memory system so it remembers things about me and what I speak to it about.

 

I would say Claude Code is the best for straight up coding.

 

For Antigravity if you create a skill that teaches it to make Awwward winning websites It can make beautiful websites.

 

For me though it’s the LLM  models that make the difference. I was practicing some red teaming pentesting with GLM 5.2 and the free juice shop website that you can practice on and GLM 5.2 was able to find all of the 100+ vulnerabilities. That is amazing for an open cheap model.

 

Two of the best use cases I have used AI for is that I watch Reolink cameras for the LDC. I got gpt 5.5 to create a tool that emits a beep when a person icon comes up on one of the 14+ cameras to notify me when people are on the screen.

 

Another really cool thing I have done is create a cron job with Hermes agent that parses the days text of the day along with the comment and then provides me with 3-4 principals, 3-4 points for meditation and 3-4 ways that I can apply the days text in my life. I send that cron Job every day to 3 people and they love it.

 

I can control my Hermes and openclaw agents through telegram while I am out. I can literally build things when I am out and about anywhere as they are on my always on server at home.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Cool Cat
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