I saw this article and thought, surely there's nothing I could use in here: 10 Best AI Prompts for Everyday Tasks. Quite often, when these articles appear, they are very high-level and contrived examples of things that I rarely find myself doing.

So I clicked the link.

For most of the prompts, I didn't think these were the types of things that I do often, nor were the prompts useful. I'm rarely looking for AI to draft emails or perform some of the simple creative things. I'm not sure these are big burdens on time for others, but perhaps I'm wrong. I know many people struggle to build plans or rewrite things, but I do those often and have gotten good at them. I tried using an LLM, but it wasn't helpful. I do sometime ask Claude to turn things into checklists because I'm being lazy, but getting the things organized is usually the hard part. Pasting them into Word/Powerpoint and changing the bullet format is easy.

If anyone finds value in these items, and you should try them, that's great. I find an LLM to be a great quick assistant that can do something for me while I move on to another task. If you struggle to get drafts started, or you need a second opinion and don't want to call/slack/message/text/etc. a friend, use an LLM. I don't know using an LLM like this provides an ROI, but it definitely prevents your blocker from interrupting others and forcing them to context-switch to respond to you.

I found another article on prompts for professionals, which has other prompts that might help you get that second opinion. Perhaps you can use these in technical ways, asking for an evaluation of your algorithmic approach or your message to co-workers. If you find them valuable, or you try them in a situation, let me know. Leave a comment. This AI stuff is new, and we can help each other learn.

If nothing else, experimenting with an LLM will teach you about communication and how clear and direct you are being with your assistant. Do a poor job and the LLM often won't quite give you the results you want. Get something back that you can use? Examine how well you communicated to the assistant. Many of us can improve here, and learning to be clear and concise with an LLM will also aid you in those communications you send to other humans.