I stopped using Claude like a chatbot – 7 quick shifts that took 10 hours out of my week

I stopped using Claude like a chatbot – 7 quick shifts that took 10 hours out of my week

By https://www.tomsguide.com/author/amanda-caswell
Publication Date: 2026-04-03 04:45:00

Most people barely scratch the surface of what Claude can do. I get it, the powerful AI assistant can seem a little intimidating with its AGI capabilities and million token context window. Many users think it is like ChatGPT, but that is really not the case. Those who have been following our AI Madness Championship know that Claude is in a league of his own in my own way.

I used to treat Claude like a glorified search engine: quick questions with one-line prompts. The answers I got were just as generic and boring as those from other chatbots.