AI After 40: How I Finally Started Using It (Without Feeling Like an Idiot)
It's not as complicated as everyone makes it sound. Here's how I actually started — and the turkey chili that proved it was worth my time.
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ChatGPT
The one I tell everyone to start with. Free to try. No account needed for a first conversation. Most of my "huh, that was easier than I thought" moments started here.
Claude
My second stop. Better at long writing, summaries, and being patient with messy questions. I draft most of my own articles with it.
Perplexity
Where I send people who say "but I want sources." Searches the web, cites everything. Great for travel research and "is this actually true."
NotebookLM
Quietly amazing. Drop in PDFs, articles, your own notes — ask it questions and it answers from your stuff, not the whole internet.
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