I kinda agree. Their model just doesn't feel "daily" enough. I would use it for any "agentic" tasks and for using tools, but definitely not for day to day questions.

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lukebechtel 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why? I use it for all and love it.

That doesn't mean you have to, but I'm curious why you think it's behind in the personal assistant game.

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legitster 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have three specific use cases where I try both but ChatGPT wins:

- Recipes and cooking: ChatGPT just has way more detailed and practical advice. It also thinks outside of the box much more, whereas Claude gets stuck in a rut and sticks very closely to your prompt. And ChatGPT's easier to understand/skim writing style really comes in useful.

- Travel and itinerary: Again, ChatGPT can anticipate details much more, and give more unique suggestions. I am much more likely to find hidden gems or get good time-savers than Claude, which often feels like it is just rereading Yelp for you.

- Historical research: ChatGPT wins on this by a mile. You can tell ChatGPT has been trained on actual historical texts and physical books. You can track long historical trends, pull examples and quotes, and even give you specific book or page(!) references of where to check the sources. Meanwhile, all Claude will give you is a web search on the topic.

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aggie 4 hours ago | parent [-]

How does #3 square with Anthropic's literal warehouse full of books we've seen from the copyright case? Did OpenAI scan more books? Or did they take a shadier route of training on digital books despite copyright issues, but end up with a deeper library?

	▲	legitster 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have no idea, but I suspect there's a difference between using books to train an LLM and be able to reproduce text/writing styles, and being able to actually recall knowledge in said books.
	▲	rolisz 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think they bought the books after they were caught that they pirated the books and lost that case (because they pirated, not because of copyright).

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eaf7e281 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's hard to say. Maybe it has to do with the way Claude responds or the lack of "thinking" compared to other models. I personally love Claude and it's my only subscription right now, but it just feels weird compared to the others as a personal assistant.

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solarkraft 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But that’s what makes it so powerful (yeah, mixing model and frontend discussion here yet again). I have yet to see a non-DIY product that can so effortlessly call tens of tools by different providers to satisfy your request.

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quietsegfault an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Claude is far superior for daily chat. I have to work hard to get it to not learn how to work around various bad behaviors I have but don’t want to change.