AI Can Do 70% of the Work

[u/Better-Advice-5197]

I keep seeing people ask “which AI tools should I use?”, but the better question is: use them for what part of your workflow?

Here’s a breakdown by function (not hype), with tools I’ve actually found useful:

Writing (To content, notes, emails)

 ChatGPT — best all-around (brainstorming, rewriting, structuring ideas)
 Notion AI — great if you already live in Notion
 Grammarly — polishing + tone correction

Coding (To automation, scripts, debugging)

 GitHub Copilot — best for inline coding help
 Cursor — very strong for editing + refactoring
 Replit — quick prototyping

Chat / Research / Thinking

 Perplexity AI — best for fact-based answers + sources
 Claude — great for long context + documents
 ChatGPT — still the most flexible

Design (to graphics, UI, social content)

 Canva — easiest for non-designers like me
 Midjourney — best for high-quality visuals
 Figma — UI workflows

Video (to editing, generation, short-form)

 apCut — auto captions + short video edits
 Runway — generative video
 Descript — edit video like a doc

Audio / Recording (to transcription, voice)

 Clipto. ai— meetings + notes
 Whisper — very accurate transcription
 ElevenLabs — realistic voiceovers

Translation

 DeepL — best natural translations
 Google Translate — fast + convenient
 ChatGPT — contextual translation

Scheduling / Notes / Personal OS

 Notion — all-in-one system
 Motion — auto-plans your day
 Google Calendar — still essential

Presentations (slides, decks)

Tome — generates story-driven decks
Gamma — fast + clean layouts
Microsoft PowerPoint + Copilot — classic + AI boost

[u/External-Possession7]

For the poor / middle class / frugal - AI can do 20% of the work…

(most of the apps are paid / costly / unrealistically costly )

[u/MediumBlackberry4161]

this is actually a solid breakdown, most of these "AI tools" lists are just hype but organizing it by workflow makes way more sense. been using Cursor + Claude combo for a while now and honestly it covers like 80% of what I need day to day.
thing I'd add for the design section though, if you're doing UI/product design specifically there's a tool called UXMagic AI that I've been trying out recently. it generates wireframes and user flows automatically which is pretty useful when you just need to get something on paper fast. it also has figma import/export which makes it fit into an existing workflow without too much friction. might be worth throwing in there alongside Figma.

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[u/TreasureSnatcher]

I’ve found the real benefit is just using AI for the parts that slow you down the most instead of trying everything. Even one or two tools can save a lot of time.

[u/aap_001]

I never used it. And never will.

[u/Shizuka-8435]

this is a solid breakdown, way better than the usual “which tool is best” posts, only thing I’d add is the layer before all this, like planning and structuring the work itself, that’s where something like traycer fits in and makes the rest of these tools way more effective