It can be confusing to pick the “right” AI model. However, when you break it down, it’s not that hard to choose the right tool. To start with, here is a thoughtful article from Ethan Mollick on the topic.
To me, the choice boils down to three “how much” questions:
- How much time do you want to invest in learning new tools?
- How much money do you want to invest in AI tools?
- How much do you care about privacy policies, model personality, product safety…?
There’s one other question which is: “what task do you want to do with the AI?” My assumption, for what I need to do, is that all of the major LLMs are sufficient for my needs.
So, the way that I answer the “how much” questions is:
- I think mastery of one tool is better than surface knowledge of five,
- I don’t want to pay for multiple subscriptions, and
- I don’t have deep feelings about privacy, personality, et cetera that would make me chose one tool over another.
Those answers take me to OpenAI’s ChatGPT as my primary model. It has:
- Basic & deep reasoning versions
- Agents
- Image generation
- Multi-modal inputs
- The new Atlas browser
- 75% market share
So, ChatGPT is my choice! To figure out the right AI model for you: read the article, answer the three “how much” questions, and pick what’s best for you.
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All text in this post is human generated, written by me. The image was generated by ChatGPT-5.