How I create this website with the help of AI

I don’t just write about generative AI in my Smart Content Report. I also use these tools myself. It’s a good way to find out what works and what doesn’t. At the same time, this site would not be possible without the help of my AI assistants. After all, I don’t make any money from …

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How to trick your AI assistant into giving honest feedback

One of the uses of my many AI assistants is to help me improve my own posts. For example, I ask if I have thought about the most important topics and questions, if the whole thing is logically structured and written in an understandable way. AI tools are actually quite good at this. They have …

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When ChatGPT’s answers are not good enough …

… then try an alternative! Here is a concrete example: I wanted to use an AI assistant as a programming helper. Years ago, I tried to learn about iOS development. The main driver was an idea for a fairly simple Apple Watch app. I diligently studied Treehouse for a few weeks and thought I was …

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How AI tools have changed my work as a content creator

The hype around AI is certainly overblown at the moment. But that doesn’t change the fact that AI tools have permanently and profoundly changed the way I work as a content creator. By way of background, I am a journalist by training. Since 1999, I’ve worked almost exclusively online, and since 2015, mainly as a …

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Do you make this mistake with ChatGPT & Co.?

In my opinion, many who are discovering AI tools like ChatGPT and others for their content marketing are making a big mistake. And it will soon come back to bite them. What I mean is this: With ChatGPT, for example, I can draft an article much faster than I could without it. Sometimes it feels …

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Better prompts for AI image generators

AI image generators like Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, or Dall-E can produce amazing results. But as anyone who has tried these tools will tell you: It’s not as simple as pushing a button. If you want to get good results reliably and regularly, you have to deal with the idiosyncrasies of these tools. As with AI …

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