Comparing new AI tools

21 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker outlines a personal workflow overhaul by swapping out legacy productivity tools for newer AI-first solutions introduced in 2025. For each task—email composition, skill acquisition, brainstorming, automation, presentation design, meeting note‑taking, hiring, image creation, and video generation—the speaker names the former go‑to platform and then declares the current AI‑driven replacement, highlighting a broader shift toward integrated, generative AI services that streamline work and reduce reliance on multiple disparate tools.

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In 2025, for writing better emails, I used to use ChatGPT. Now I use Claude. Learning new skills used to be Coursera. Now it's Notebook.io. Brainstorming ideas, it used to be ChatGPT and still ChatGPT. Automating repetitive tasks, it used to be a mix between Make, Zapier, N8N. Now it's just Manus. Making presentations, I was deep on Canva and I'm all in on Gamma. Taking notes in meetings used to be Otter. Now it's Granola. Hiring people, I used to use Indeed. Now I just use Manus. Image generation used to be Midjourney. Now it's all Nanobanana. Video generation used to be Sora, but Higgsfield is looking crazy.