AI thinking partner: ChatGPT and...

The Gap Between Thinking and Speaking Is Real. This Helped.

A thank you to Alyssa Fu Ward, PhD for her kind comment on the recent ChatGPT to Claude post. It reminded me why I keep showing up here and nudged me to finally write this one.I’ve been helping people communicate my entire adult life. I only started saying that out loud recently because I didn’t realize it was my motivation… until I did.It showed up in temporary jobs I took to put myself through college. It showed up when I went overseas and taught English to adults. It shows up now in the work I do helping people use AI and LLM tools. The thread running through all of it has always been communication. I just hadn’t named it yet.And the reason I can help with it, really help and not just teach it from a textbook, is because I know what it feels like to be completely unable to do it.Read more: https://aithinkingpartner.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aithinkingpartner.substack.com

ChatGPT vs Claude for Real Work: What I Learned While Applying for an AI Job

Today was one of those days where the laptop never really closes.I spent most of the day applying for a job in the AI space. At the same time, I’ve been trying to slowly transition some of my work from ChatGPT to Claude. Not because ChatGPT stopped working for me. For reasons that we’re all talking about. And because I’m curious.But there’s a big difference between experimenting with tools and actually needing to get work done.So today ended up being a real-world test.I had a job application to finish. I had the beginnings of a new AI-focused website to outline. And I had Chatty and Claude open for hours while I bounced back and forth between them. Chatty helped me with the job application and Claude with the AI website.What came out of that was interesting.Not necessarily in the way people online tend to frame these comparisons.Video I mentioned about how else I've been using AI:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2cJE3-9e28Read more and/or watch this video on our Substack: https://chatgptasthinkingpartner.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aithinkingpartner.substack.com

ChatGPT Just Talked Me Out of a Job

This Was Supposed to Be a Normal ApplicationThis week ChatGPT saved me from applying to a job that probably would have drained me.Not because I wasn’t qualified. I was. Not because the pay was insulting. It wasn’t. It would have covered rent. It would have done exactly what I need a “now job” to do while I recalibrate my work life and explore where I want to go next with AI.On paper, it made sense.But something about it felt heavy. And I couldn’t tell whether that heaviness was fear, resistance, laziness, or actual intuition.That’s where ChatGPT came in.Read more and/or watch this video on our Substack: https://chatgptasthinkingpartner.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aithinkingpartner.substack.com

Using ChatGPT as a Thinking Partner in Public Workspaces

Before I get into this, two quick things.If this resonates, share it with someone who works in a coworking space and secretly talks to their AI in the hallway. I’d love for this to reach the right people.And if you’re not subscribed yet, this is exactly what I write about here. The messy, practical, real-life side of working with AI. You can subscribe and follow along as I keep experimenting.Okay. Here’s what happened.I moved into a coworking space three months ago.And I love it.I love being around people again. I love not working alone at home. I love hearing keyboards and quiet conversations and the low hum of other humans doing their thing.But something subtle shifted.Read more and/or watch this video on our Substack: https://chatgptasthinkingpartner.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aithinkingpartner.substack.com

The Fear of Not Sounding Human: Em Dashes, ChatGPT, and Writing Anxiety

People get so angry about em dashes. Or do they?I have a theory that we’re not actually mad about em dashes.We’re mad about not knowing how to tell if something is human anymore.And somehow a long horizontal line has become the smoking gun.I recently listened to a 99% Invisible episode about the em dash. It was smart, historical, nerdy in the best way. But what struck me wasn’t the typography. It was the accusation.Someone got accused of using ChatGPT because of an em dash.Not because of tone.Not because of structure.Because of punctuation.That’s wild.The em dash has been used for centuries to make writing feel more human. More breathy. More mid thought. More alive. And now it’s being treated like a captcha test.Read more and/or watch this video on our Substack: https://chatgptasthinkingpartner.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aithinkingpartner.substack.com