There is no one perfect AI, and that helps you
Happy Saturday. Every week someone over 50 asks me: which AI should I just commit to? Underneath it is the worry that they will pick wrong and waste the effort. This week ChatGPT slipping below 50% market share gave me a clear answer, so I wanted to share it with you.
Here's what I posted about it on LinkedIn this week…
tl;dr: there will never be one AI tool to rule them all. ChatGPT dipping below 50% market share is the clearest sign yet that we’re looking at a multi tool world.
I think this is a good thing. Different tools are genuinely better at different things.
Personally, I use:
- Claude Code & Cowork to run routines for my business
- ChatGPT for personal research, buying considerations and goal setting
- Gemini for images and learning
The catch with moving across multiple tools is that none of them know who you are. Each one has no idea about your background, your goals or your work unless you bring that with you.
It’s never been more important to have portable context. That means bringing your data about you, your work & business with you to whichever AI you use.
This is the first thing I teach in my AI Over 50 Level 1 course, before anyone touches a specific app.
The important thing to take away is that it pays to be AI agnostic and have a setup that travels with you.
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