4 Essential AI Tools for Students and Professionals
Why deprive ourselves of benefiting from the technological advancements of Artificial Intelligence? In recent months, the field of AI has literally exploded and remains constantly in the news, thanks notably to a growth in usage incomparable to any other! Its use still sparks numerous debates at the time of writing these lines...
This is the first back-to-school season where we have a whole array of tools at our disposal, allowing us to boost our productivity with AI, whether at work, at school, or even in our personal lives!
Get comfortable, and let's discover together some gems that will soon become faithful companions to your productivity...
Stories, Tales, and Quizzes
Here's a first service that will become a good friend, I'm certain: Piggy.to
Its principle is simple: this tool will allow you to generate multiple communication formats with a single prompt, for example:
Instagram stories, with royalty-free visuals (also generated via AI), directly responding to your prompt (useful for presenting a company, explaining a concept, or even writing a step-by-step guide for your social networks);
interactive quizzes; in MCQ format, with a backend to explore participants' results and edit the questionnaire as needed;
offer you a summary of a text/article up to 2,500 words, with a "Story" format, offering you a shorter and more pleasant read, again embellished with visuals generated by artificial intelligence.
The little extra of this tool? Incredibly simple and fast, its use is entirely free!
The slightly negative note? As the service is still in beta, some content generations will be in the native language of the tool, so you'll need to start over and don't hesitate to specify in the prompt that you want an output in English, for example.
Mind Maps, Yes, But with Class
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where a mind map was a mandatory step? But you were alone, and the help of a colleague would have been of great use, to more clearly lay out your ideas, but it was unfortunately impossible to be with him/her?
Fortunately, Chatmind is here for you!
This service is entirely based on ChatGPT and allows you to generate mind maps directly unfolded on any subject, and in any language, with just a snap of your fingers!
If you already have a mind map, the tool will also serve as an editor, offering you to edit and add branches to this map, and will take on the role of a companion, suggesting to expand an idea or add concepts...
The little extra of this tool? Simple to use, with a clean interface! And mind maps generated with great precision.
The slightly negative note? The service is Freemium, and offers you to generate two mind maps per day for free, to go further and go through the editing phase, a subscription of $3.99 is required!
Learning Becomes Child's Play
Its goal is very simple: to offer to generate stories for the youngest (from 3 years old) and even the oldest (up to 12 years and older), from a prompt, whether it's a question, a life lesson to learn or even a concept to remember!
The output format will be a kind of online book, modifiable, with generated illustrations, and incorporating all the codes of "educational" literature, depending on the chosen tone.
And to be completely honest, and rather skeptical during the first use, I was amazed by the result and the "creativity" that lies behind all the generation carried out!
Bonus example, I asked Storybook to explain to me where Google's power comes from: the result in origami-style story can be found, if you're curious.
The little extra of this tool? Simply impressive, fast, and with all the necessary options for export (PDF, Audio, Web ...).
The slightly negative note? Honestly, only the pricing which leaves us a bit in the dark, indicating a subscription at $4/month for unlimited generations, but not indicating any threshold from which it is necessary to take this subscription...
Quick and Effective Training
For the last software, this one is for everyone, and allows you to realize the dream of many: learning anywhere, anytime, and anything.
With the sober name of Tutor AI, this tool takes only one thing as input, via a fairly simple interface: the concept you want to learn today.
Once the generation is complete, the tool will offer you different modules to tackle and a real little LMS system!
Despite some limitations, I really find that Tutor AI is a true resource for any profile, and will allow you to learn concepts in an approachable way and with real personalized follow-up!
The little extra of this tool? The LMS side, and the relevance of the generated courses.
The slightly negative note? Based on AI, some notions can be inaccurate (or biased), to be taken with a grain of salt on certain generations, and don't hesitate to research further as a complement.
AI Today, AI Forever
Developments in the field of AI and the resurgence of its use have led to the blossoming of projects as interesting as they are intriguing, but its use in the professional and educational field for the general public is still quite recent.
It is still preferable to use these tools sparingly, but I have no doubt that evolution will anchor them deep in our productivity routines!
This is the end of this article dedicated to the discovery of new AI tools. No doubt that others will soon poke their noses out, we will keep you informed!
