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Ask HN: Useful AI tools that changed your daily life?

9 points by yewenjie ↗ HN
After more than a year of ChatGPT, I haven't found a convincing AI product that does significantly more than plain LLM APIs.

There must be some tools that do more, right?

Like there has to be a personal assistant with long term memory that can integrate with other things?

Please recommend any AI tool or product that has changed work or life for you.

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tuatoru
Aside from journalism, which takes a few factoids and generates a plausible narrative, another main application would be psychotherapy/counseling. You don't have to be accurate or even all that grounded in reality when dealing with people's emotions, moods, and self-perceptions.

Apps like Woebot and Wysa claim to have had "millions" of sessions with people, but there are not many reviews of them on reputable therapy sites or in therapy publications. It's hard to assess whether they are useful at all. My own brief and limited experiments have produced more frustration than anything else. Maybe that's just my inexperience with chatbots, but adoption is going to be slow if it requires a lot of learning.

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Matthew911
Innovative AI tools like Grammarly for enhancing writing skills and Home Assistant for smart home automation have truly transformed daily life and work. Other notable tools include Otter.ai for transcription and Fitbit for health tracking, offering a personalized and enhanced user experience. Chat GPT helped me improve my writing skills (https://ivypanda.com/blog/improve-your-essay-writing-skills-...)