Been using Perplexity AI quite a bit lately for random queries, like travel suggestions.

So I started wondering what random things people are using it for to help with daily tasks. Do you use it more than Google/etc?

Also if anyone is paying for Pro versions? Thinking if it’s worth it paying for Perplexity AI Pro or not.

  • Lvxferre
    9•7 months ago

    I use LLM bots mostly

    • as websearch - e.g. “list sites containing growing conditions for pepper plants”;
    • for practical ideas - e.g. “suggest me a savoury spice mix containing ginger”

    I never use them for the info itself. It’s foolish to trust a system that behaves like a specially irrational assumer. (It makes shit up, it has the verbal intelligence of a potato, and fails to follow simple logic.)

    I’m not using any Pro version.

    For reference: nowadays I’m using ChatGPT 3.5 and Claude 1.2, both through DuckDuckGo. I used Gemini a fair bit, but ditched it - not just for privacy, but because Gemini’s “tone” rubs me off the wrong way.

    • Cloudless ☼English
      4•7 months ago

      Yeah Gemini’s tone is weird. It is constantly reminding you that Gemini does not have an opinion on anything. It actively tries to avoid giving definitive answers whenever possible.

      • Lvxferre
        3•7 months ago

        That’s related; what rubs me off the most is how patronising it sounds - going out of its way to lecture you with uncalled advice, assuming your intentions behind the prompt (always the worst), and wasting your time with “social grease”. And this is clearly not a consequence of the underlying tech, as neither Claude nor ChatGPT do it so bad; it’s something that Google tailored into Gemini.