Have you ever spent hours of your life doing something by hand, only to realize that there was a tool that could accomplish the same action in 30 seconds? Like... this is the list where was this my whole life. edition of AI websites.
THE RELATABLE INTRO
A quick story.
This was the case of one of the projects I worked on a couple of months ago where it involved writing, rewriting, summarizing, and designing- everything except assembling a rocket.
I had ChatGPT, sure. However, I was unaware of the existence of so many other tools that can automate annoying tasks of which I was not aware of their automatability in the first place. My productivity went into cheat-code mode the moment I started finding them, one after another.
These five? I wish somebody hit them in front of me on Day 1.
Spare me the months I idle away.
PERPLEXity The Google That Reads The Exam.
When Google provides you with 100 links, Perplexity provides answers.
It is the search engine that you use when:
You have no time
You want actual sources
You do not want to read fluff written in 2008.
Why it's a game-changer:
It is a summary of complicated subjects with references.
Sources of data are fresh.
Provides more practical, less polluted results compared to standard search.
Ideal in doing research, writing and planning anything.
Use it for: Market research, video scripts, product concepts, academic questions, summaries, fast-track explanations.
Why I wish I had it earlier: It would have saved me more than 50 hours of trash results in search results.
ILLUSTRO - AI Visuals That Do Not Look AI.
Have you ever tried to create AI images and half of the people have 7 fingers? Exactly.
Illustro fixes that. It is a plain site on which you can make clean, minimal, aesthetic visuals, not hyper-realistic, chaotic ones that no one wanted.
What it's great for:
Website thumbnails
App mockups
Profile pictures
Social media posts
Product visuals
It is like a combination of Canva, AI, and good taste.
Why I wish I had it earlier: I was searching months to find designers of small visuals which I could create in 10 minutes.
OPUSCLIP - YOUR SHORTS EDITOR IN A Frenzy.
Long video - dozens of short clips. Manually? Pain. With OpusClip? Laughably easy.
What it does:
Breaks long videos into short and snappy portions.
The captions and highlights are added.
Identifies viral moments automatically.
Offers you several options of version.
Ideal where the creator wants to make more posts without having to edit hours.
Why I wish I had it earlier: I would have developed more on social media by posting daily- without missing sleep editing.
ELEVENS LABS - AI VOices that Do Not Sound Robotic.
The majority of AI voices represent a GPS with a panic attack. ElevenLabs is different.
Why it stands out:
Human-like tone and emotion
Ideal to be used on YouTube.
Lets you clone voices
Numerous languages are supported.
Perfect at Tik Toks, podcasts, and audiobooks.
This is required in case you are creating faceless YouTube channels or automation channels.
Why I wish I had it earlier: I spent many weeks attempting to capture audio that was clean... In a few moments ElevenLabs could have done it.
GLASP - YOUR Artificial Intelligence Memory of all what you read.
And in case you are the one that reads online all the time but forgets 90% of it later, you are not alone in the club.
Glasp lets you:
Mark text and clips on webpages.
Store quotes, ideas and structures.
Get all the knowledge into a personal database.
Create summaries instantly
Re-read what you have read- without clicking bookmarks.
It is similar to Notion, except that it is designed to help learners who do not have to plan to spend 2 hours.
Why I wish I had it earlier: I was losing hundreds of notes and ideas that would have made posts, videos, or ideas. All of it would have been automatically captured by Glasp.
Practical Advice That You Can Utilize.
To get quick rewards, this 10-minute workflow might work:
Research a topic Drag the latest insights using Perplexity.
Collect notes Save the key ideas in Glasp.
Turn it into content Compose the original script or article.
Make visuals Create images with Illustro.
Make lengthy content into short videos. Play through OpusClip your main video.
Add a clean voiceover Export a human-like voice through ElevenLabs.
This stack allows an individual to accomplish the job of a 5-person creation team.
You don't need more time. You need better tools.
The five of them can save you hours in your workforce and enable you to create at a level that is unfair to the other members.