Rules to Better AI Use

The world of AI tools is a jungle - every company wants you to use their tool, but not every tool is good. With so many options, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or, worse, end up paying for something that doesn’t deliver value. Some tools offer exceptional capabilities, but others frustratingly over-promise and under-deliver.

This rule aims to cut through the noise and provide a regularly updated list of the best AI tools, ensuring that you choose the right one without falling for hype or scams (visit their websites to learn more).

We also recommend using LMArena.ai to confirm the best AI models in the market.

ChatGPT is a user friendly way to interact with OpenAI's GPT models. Essentially, it takes a model of GPT that is fine tuned for dialogue and turns it into a chat bot that responds in a human-like manner.

ChatGPT is an incredibly powerful tool. GPT-5 is a noticeable improvement over GPT-4, and we can only expect the subsequent models to be even more impressive. For now, it does have its skills and weaknesses.

Here are the most important things for which we know it to be useful (and not):

GPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI with major financial backing from Microsoft, and is currently leading the market in terms of technology and capability.

AI has been championed as a huge productivity booster, which it is. However, people blindly trusting AI outputs, or preferring them over theirs, can lead to 'automation bias'.

Let's talk about what leads to creating AI slop:

GPT and ChatGPT are similar tools that serve slightly different purposes. Each of them has strengths and weaknesses so it's crucial to understand the right time to use them.

Developers love submitting Pull Requests (PRs) but far fewer enjoy reviewing them. In particular, when Sprint Review approaches, developers get tunnel vision and only focus on tasks they've been assigned. By leveraging AI agents, you can catch many problems and gotchas in your PRs early, buying your senior devs more time (and sanity!) to review higher quality code.

Since AI tools are a fast evolving landscape, it's important to stay on the ball. It's a productivity race - and the mistake of falling behind can compound into financial losses and competitive disadvantage.

As more organizations adopt GPTs and AI tools to streamline work processes, one common issue arises: employees are often unaware of what tools exist or how to access them. This leads to underutilization of powerful resources, and even duplication of efforts when different teams independently create similar tools.

Integrating ChatGPT with your personal assistant, such as Siri for iPhone or Google Assistant for Android, can greatly enhance your mobile experience. This rule will guide you through the steps to connect ChatGPT with Siri and Google Assistant.

If the phone rings after hours (or while everyone’s in the Daily Scrum) and nobody picks up, two bad things happen:

• A real customer hangs up and calls a competitor
• A spammer leaves a voicemail you still have to listen to

Modern voice-AI platforms such as phonely.ai or bland.ai answer every call in 400 ms, block obvious SPAM, and hand genuine callers a friction-free, human-sounding experience.

They're awake 24/7, never take bathroom breaks, and can switch language on the fly, all while routing hot leads straight to the right person or department when a human really is needed.

Adding ChatGPT as an app on your Windows, Android, or iOS device can be extremely useful for a number of reasons.

For example, you can use ChatGPT to ask questions, seek advice, or just have a casual chat whenever you need it. Whether you're looking for information on a specific topic, need help with a task, or simply want to pass the time, ChatGPT is always available to assist you with its intelligent responses.

ChatGPT is an extremely useful tool for software developers as it has been trained to understand how code functions. It will provide an invaluable alternative to StackOverflow, being a great resource to help developers troubleshoot.

ChatGPT can be used for:

• Detecting bugs in your code
• Solving compile time or runtime errors
• Generating code based on a text description
• Explaining how a piece of code works
• Translating code to a different language (e.g. Python code to C#)
• Minimising generation of boilerplate (e.g. JSON to C# classes)
• Helping automate the code refactoring process
• Helping perform code reviews

Figure: Asking ChatGPT to explain this code

Figure: ChatGPT explains the code

Try it yourself, copy and paste this into ChatGPT

What does this code do?
[HttpPut("{id}")]
public async Task<IActionResult> MoveRight(string id)
{
 try
 {
  if (await _legalApiDbContext.ParaLefts.Where(a => a.ParaId == id).CountAsync() != 0)
  {
   ParaLeft toDelete = _legalApiDbContext.ParaLefts.Where(para => para.ParaId == id).First();
   _legalApiDbContext.ParaRights.Add(new ParaRight { ParaId = id });
   _legalApiDbContext.ParaLefts.Remove(toDelete);
   await _legalApiDbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
   return Ok();
  } else
  {
   return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status404NotFound);
  }
 }
 catch (SqlException err)
 {
  _logger.LogError(err.Message);
  return StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status500InternalServerError);
 }
}

Sometimes, a developer runs into a complex error and they start googling all over the internet to fix the issue. In strange or unlucky cases this can result in hours of searching.

ChatGPT helps smooth this process. Simply paste the error into ChatGPT and it will give you instant feedback about the problem.

Many people hesitate to rely on AI, fearing it will replace human decision-making or lead to uncritical dependence. However, the real problem isn’t using AI—it’s using it blindly. Just like any other tool, AI should be leveraged intelligently to enhance productivity and decision-making.

The best approach is to become a centaur — a combination of human intelligence and AI efficiency. Ignoring AI altogether is just as irresponsible as using it without critical thinking.

AI can be helpful, and in some situations, it is good to be transparent that it helped you. Other times, however, it is more important that the message feels like it came personally from you.

In the case that you want to be transparent, you should indicate when AI was used.

Setting Perplexity as your default search engine can significantly enhance your browsing experience by providing you with AI-driven, personalized search results. With Perplexity, you get more than just a list of links; you get context-rich answers, summaries, and insights tailored to your query.

Generating charts is essential in conveying data effectively. While creating charts can sometimes be a tedious process, ChatGPT can assist by generating various types of charts quickly, saving you time and ensuring accuracy. This is especially useful when you need to visualize data for reports, presentations, or data analysis.

Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) can revolutionize your business operations, drive innovation, and provide a competitive edge. However, it's natural to have concerns about the associated security risks. Rest assured, with the right strategies in place, you can mitigate these risks effectively and harness the full potential of AI safely.

Adopting AI comes with complex legal risks that businesses often overlook. From intellectual property disputes to compliance with regulations and ethical data usage, failure to address these issues can result in lawsuits, fines, or damaged reputations.