I've only been using the free versions so far, mostly for brain storming ideas and assisting with interview prep and work related tasks, however, I know I'm missing out on a lot more functionality and potential for either developing myself, my skills, or actually creating some form of income with it.

Content creation is the obvious one, however I'm not aware of how to utilise it for streamlining anything in terms of video editing, apart from learning the skill faster than watching tutorials for days upon days.

As everyone else - own business or freelancing would be ideal, but I am not sure what sort of business I can start myself at my current stage in life (medium level finance and accounting career, 5 years in, but mostly on the transactional side with a recent move into analysis and reporting).

I know my post is all over the place, but to summarise it briefly - What use cases and functionalities am I not aware of that could help me with the above mentioned issues, or in general would be worth knowing to stay ahead of the game/everyone else?

How do I go about discovering more? Which AI model should I go for?

Tried a bunch of AI tools recently for content creation and honestly most of them were either overcomplicated or just not that useful long term.

These are the few I actually keep using:

ChatGPT – probably the tool I use the most overall. Brainstorming content ideas, hooks, scripts, rewriting captions, random research… saves a ridiculous amount of time.

Kling AI – one of the few AI video tools that actually impressed me. Pretty good for visuals, short clips and faceless content stuff.

Canva AI – super useful for thumbnails, quick edits, carousels and basically all the small content tasks you don’t want to spend hours on.

Polyvoice – probably one of the more useful tools I found recently for creators trying to reach international audiences. Being able to translate content into other languages while keeping the original voice/style makes faceless content and ads way easier to scale.

Honestly feels like a few solid AI tools replace 90% of the smaller ones people keep hyping up.

What AI tools are you guys actually using for content creation lately?

I've been testing 3 AI detectors lately and noticed something interesting. Academic writing gets flagged way more often than casual blog-style writing, even when both are written by a human.

My theory is that academic texts naturally sound more structured, formal, and repetitive, which is exactly what detectors look for. Meanwhile blogs use shorter sentences, personal opinions, and more natural transitions.

It makes me wonder if AI detectors are actually checking for AI, or just for a certain writing style.

Curious if anyone else noticed this too while testing different types of content. And if so, what tools did you use?

Rotating through ai study tools every couple months gets exhausting. These are the ones worth keeping in mind after running a few through actual coursework.

remnote is a good one, it converts your lecture notes into spaced repetition flashcards automatically using == as you write, so the review schedule runs based on what you know and don't know rather than you tracking it manually. The whole study cycle, notes to review, stays inside one app.

chatgpt my roommate uses for explaining concepts she doesn't understand, she'll paste a paragraph and ask what it means and it's fine for that. It forgets context between sessions though so if you're trying to study something across multiple sittings you're re-explaining everything every time, which gets annoying fast.

notebooklm my brother showed me over the holidays, he's in law school and chats with his case pdfs using it. When I tried it for coursework it felt like a lot of setup for what you get out. You upload docs and ask questions and the interface is alright, but I never open it unprompted.

quizlet my mom apparently used in nursing school and she still brings it up like it's cutting edge, which made me laugh. The flashcard creation is easy but the free version is full of ads now and most of the better features require the paid tier.

I'm in the early stages of designing my ideal personal tech stack, one that protects my privacy. I'd love to get the input of this community. Could this work?

1. I record voice notes on my phone.
2. The notes are synced to my home server via SyncThing. (I already do this.)
3. On my server, a locally-running open-source AI (maybe Whisper?) transcribes the notes and then (the same or perhaps a second AI) takes action based on that transcription. Actions could be anything from "Set a reminder in my calendar" or "Add this to my notes"

What I'm trying to avoid here:

• Proprietary apps and AI
• Any AI that trains on my data and feeds it back home

Would this setup accomplish my goals? Has anyone here built something similar?

I am looking for a prompt based genAi online platform tool that can generate any kind of PDF. For example a months calendar, a model canvas, diagrams etc. Kindly suggest.

Something interesting: recently I've started leaning on Google Search more for research and material collection.

I've tried a bunch of ai research tools, like perplexity, gemini, claude... but they still don't give me enough depth or usable material for what I'm working on. Ai search tends to feel shallow, so I end up back on google + social platforms to fill the gaps.

I'm not sure if I'm using these tools wrong or if this is just the current ceiling.

What's your actual research stack when you need deep material-not just a quick answer?

Which AI is the best for Brainstorming ideas. I have been using ChatGPT but lately, the responses have been repetitive or lacking creativity. I am a teacher and my main reason for using it isn't making rubrics or whatever, I want to create fun lessons or find a creative assessment method. Stuff like that.

Hallo leute,

also ich möchte ai generierte YouTube videos erstellen. Und ich suche nicht nach irgendwelchen 10 sekunden brainrot clips sondern eher in Richtung hoch qualitative shorts ( also nicht unbedingt vom video sondern vom Inhalt her) oder auch normale YouTube videos.

Problem:

Ich habe nicht viel Erfahrung mit sowas. Also ich benutze sowas wie chatgpt schon täglich und habe mir dafür auch die plus Version gekauft, einfach weil der nutzen für mich in der schule riesig ist.

Aber ansonsten habe ich immer nur hier und da bisschen was versucht.

Ihr versteht bestimmt wenn ich ungern geld zahle für irgendwelche tools. Ich verstehe aber auch das man am besten geld zahlen muss für gute Ergebnisse. Aber ich will gerade am Anfang, wenn ich ja noch brauche bis ich gut werde ungern geld zahlen.

Hättet ihr irgendwelche ideen/tips und sachen die ich beachten muss, die ich lernen muss oder Erfahrung die ihr gemacht habt und mit mir teilen wollt.

41F charlotte. freelance copywriter. 8 years freelance, 6 agency before. specialise in B2B SaaS

and women-founded brands. 11 active clients.

i started getting requests for "can you also produce a one-pager or short presentation template"

alongside copy assignments in 2024. for most of 2025 i said yes and produced them in google

slides which i find offensive to work in. then in canva which is fine for one-offs but slow for

repeat work.

q4 2025 i tested 4 approaches.

google slides directly. 90-180 min per one-pager. too slow.

canva pro template gallery. 60-90 min per one-pager. fine but design felt generic.

a "ai pitch deck builder" tool i found through a freelancer newsletter. 30-40 min per output but

the design was templated in a way clients commented on negatively (too "AI-deck"-looking).

Gamma. paste in my copy, generate from a template structure i had built, edit visual hierarchy,

export as PDF for clients who want PDFs. 22-30 minutes per one-pager. design is clean enough

that no client has commented negatively. several have asked if i designed it (i didn't).

added these one-pagers as a $400 line item on relevant copy projects. revenue from this single

line item across 9 clients in 2026: $14,800.

the work i used to refuse (one-pagers, short decks) is now a $14k/year revenue line because

the workflow stopped costing me 3 hours each time.

writers and freelance creatives in this sub: what are you refusing that you could be charging for

if the workflow took 22 minutes instead of 3 hours.

Hallo zusammen

Ich hoffe, dieser Beitrag ist hier in Ordnung, ich wusste einfach nicht, wo ich sonst fragen sollte.

Ich möchte ehrliche Meinungen und Erfahrungen zu KI im Allgemeinen hören, insbesondere zu Themen wie ChatGPT, Claude, KI-Videos und wie KI im Alltag tatsächlich eingesetzt wird. Mich interessieren vor allem diese kurzen KI-Videos für TikTok/YouTube: Wie werden sie erstellt? Sind die Tools wirklich nützlich oder nur ein Hype? Und muss man für gute Ergebnisse wirklich bezahlen?

Ich möchte außerdem wissen, ob jemand von Ihnen KI schon einmal auf intelligente/hilfreiche Weise für die Arbeit, die Schule, das Lernen oder sogar zum Geldverdienen eingesetzt hat.

Zum Beispiel: Ich bekomme in letzter Zeit viele TikToks über Claude Code. Wäre etwas in der Art hilfreich? Oder wieder etwas, das ein Vermögen kostet? Ich möchte mir einfach nur mein Schul- und Arbeitsleben erleichtern.

Ich bin einfach neugierig und möchte von erfahrenen Leuten lernen. Meinungen und Ratschläge sind willkommen. Ihr könnt mir auch andere AIS-Systeme oder Ähnliches empfehlen, selbst wenn es nichts mit meinen Fragen zu tun hat. Solange es wirklich hilfreich ist, bin ich für alles offen.

Ich kenne mich noch nicht wirklich mit sowas aus, außer das tägliche nutzen von chatgpt/ gemini

Und wenn euch bessere sub Reddits für diesen Post einfällt dann gerne schreiben.

Ich danke jeden von euch😊

Like AI writing tools needing constant edits, AI meeting notes missing context, or automation tools breaking workflows randomly.

What’s one real problem an AI tool has genuinely solved for you this year?

Most of the online videos on Ai tools feel very demo-focused. They look amazing for 30 seconds, but when you actually try using them in real projects, they starts falling apart.

For example, AI website builders can generate something quickly, but how practical are they long term? Is anyone here genuinely building and maintaining production websites with them without constantly fighting prompts or breaking existing layouts?

Same with AI video editing tools. Are people actually using them regularly for client work or YouTube content? If yes, which ones are genuinely saving time instead of creating more cleanup work later?

Maybe I am missing something , but I haven’t been able to use any tool for end to end work - i mostly use them for research and maybe some quick and dirty coding- but never for something that i can actually sell to a real client.

Genuinely curious to know which AI tools or methods have become part of your real workflow and not just something fun to test once.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a freelancer or creator who can produce photorealistic AI-generated videos of humans for a startup project.
The goal is to create highly realistic human-looking video content (not animation), ideally using advanced AI video tools and/or VFX workflows. The output should look as close to real filmed footage as possible.
We’re especially interested in creators experienced with:
AI video generation (Runway, Pika, etc.)
Face/human rendering or synthesis workflows
Compositing / VFX to enhance realism
Hybrid AI + editing pipelines
This is a paid opportunity, and we’re open to both single projects and ongoing collaboration.
Please message me on Reddit with:
Portfolio or sample work
Your workflow/tools
Rates
Looking forward to connecting.

I work as a Marketing Coordinator so trying different platforms and apps is a normal part of my job. I use different tools for content creation. The problem is I often sign up thinking I will cancel later but once work gets busy I completely forget about it.

After some time it becomes messy because I end up paying for things I am not even using anymore. It is not just about money anymore it also affects mental peace because I always feel like I am forgetting something important.

At this point I have my social media growth and daily marketing routines under control so that part feels stable and easy. But managing all these subscriptions and trial signups is still stressful.

Is there a simple way or any AI based approach that helps you track what you signed up for and reminds you before renewal or cancellation deadlines without making it complicated?

safe to say that AI is def one of my vital part in my job currently, def when i work in content creation and marketing. but outside of work, i also use it a lot. and here is my top 3 fav usage:

- wellness planning: i use ChatGPT to create my workout and diet plan monthly. since i already knew some basics, i can ask AI to give me suitable workout routine based on my needs. and for meals, i just need to list out the ingredients i have and AI comes up with many simple recipes

- venting and making friends: not like talking to bots, i use Kuky to actually match me with ppl who had similar stories and get to build a more genuine relationship from there (ofc it's not easy but much more intentional than randomly chatting w strangers)

- budget and expenses tracking: i usually ask ChatGPT to help me plan the right amount of money for each category and use Notion to document everything

do you have any AI usage that you really want to share as well, would love to know!

TIA!

I spent weeks testing why ChatGPT ignores instructions.

The biggest anti-patterns I found:

• Huge walls of text
• Conflicting instructions
• “Write professionally”
• No output format
• Generic prompts like “don’t hallucinate”

The weird discovery:
Prompting works better when you treat it like writing an API contract instead of chatting casually.

I built these rules into a Chrome extension I’ve been working on called PromptForge.

Looking for a few heavy ChatGPT users who enjoy breaking products.