In this episode, we explore the AI tools Chat GPT and Google’s Bard to expedite your life admin and drop your mental load.

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Caveats

they’re experiments and imperfect. they get things wrong. they hallucinate and make up stuff. fact check the answers if it's important.
don’t type in sensitive, confidential info. they save every input they receive and might regurgitate it back to a stranger.
human reviewers might scrutinise your conversations to improve quality.

Meal planning prompts with ChatGPT and Bard
give multiple criteria such as frequency, meal type, ingredients, categories, calorie count, nutrient macros or specific chefs or cooks
- “Create a weekly dinner plan with a mix of comfort food favourites and lighter options to satisfy cravings while maintaining a healthy balance. Include Jamie Oliver, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Rachel Ray recipes
tell it the format you prefer so you can use it readily
- “ put it in a table format that I can paste into the Notes app in my phone”

AI prompts for life admin writing

Use ChatGPT and Bard to draft effective letters, emails, messages
give the tool enough context: who you are writing to, why, the outcome you are seeking
suggest the tone: friendly, professional, formal, sincere/earnest, humorous, apologetic, sympathetic, inspirational, casual, in the style of a specific person
ask it to draft 3 versions so you can pick and choose the best elements

AI prompts for travel

Use ChatGPT and Bard to get advice about:

Bard is useful here because it links to websites and shows images

AI prompts for gift giving

Bard useful here as it includes links to websites and images
“suggest some gifts that cost less than $70 for a man who is turning 53. he likes fishing, skiing, foraging, DIY, barbecuing and family time.

AI prompts for book, tv, film, podcast recommendations

Be aware of hallucinations: ask the tools which sites can verify their responses and use those sites to fact check

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