“AI is still only as useful as the mind that uses it.” – X Post
Happy Friday.
Our Path community recently brainstormed all the ways we use AI to improve our creativity, productivity, and daily workflows.
The thread quickly became a goldmine.
So I scanned it and grabbed some of my favorite use cases, remixed and polished them up, and posted them for you below.
Before you jump in:
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More details coming on Monday.
In the meantime, enjoy the goldmine below.
1. As a research assistant:
Fact checking myself, generating lists of real world examples to back up specific ideas, etc.
2. For better thinking:
I ask AI to play poke holes in my ideas to expose errors or weak points, and find different perspectives.
3. Technical instructions:
Asking AI how to perform a task on a specific platform (ie. how do I set up a Google Performance Max campaign given these specific marketing materials).
I have it list step by step instructions so I don’t need to browse YouTube or Google.
(bonus from Path member Marek — “I ask it to explain the task to me like I’m 12”)
4. Writing prompts:
AI writes far better and more sophisticated prompts than I can or care to.
So I will often ask AI to craft prompts for me, that I can re-use as many times as needed.
For example:
I often upload transcripts of videos, newsletters, and talk outlines into Claude, and ask it to write 10-20 Midjourney prompts that will generate AI images that represent the content.
These can be used for thumbnails, emails, community posts — anything really.
5. Improving sales calls.
Ask AI to analyze live sales calls for improvements, role play sales scenarios, and brainstorm ways to overcome buyer objections.
The same can be done for job interviews.
6. Summarizing long pages of information.
Uploading contracts, articles, or scientific literature for a brief synopsis before investing more time into them.
7. Random.
- Food recipes
- Date ideas
- Legal documents
- Travel itineraries
- TV show / movie / book recommendations based on your tastes
- Help comparing options when making a purchase
- Misc questions
- etc.
(another from Marek — “I ask it to help me come up with comments for Hinge [dating apps]”)
Bonus:
Someone once told me they received better help from AI when they treated it like a human.
(ie. greeting it, saying thank you and expressing appreciation, etc)
Not sure if there’s any truth to it, but I do it anyway.
If nothing else, it makes the interactions more pleasant.
Some final words:
My experience is that AI is an amazing assistant but a poor employee.
Asking AI to do your work for you (writing an article from scratch, writing content titles, etc) generally doesn’t produce very good results.
But as a creative assistant that elevates original work, it’s amazing.
Hope these help 🙂
Have an awesome weekend over there and I’ll see you back here Monday.
– T
P.S. Let’s cap our list off with this short X Post about DeepSeek and the future of human / AI intelligence.
“Imagination wins. You need to get good at imagination and articulating your imagination. Prompts are only as good as how you can articulate your vision. There are no ‘prompt tricks’ that will last, if they work at all. Sharpen your sense of taste and perspective.” – Sam Woods
