Ask Martin · Working with AI
Which AI is the best?
Start with the task you actually need done. Compare useful results; agreement between models is not independent verification.
Tell me what you want to do, and I can give you a more useful answer than a league table.
Try a representative task and compare what you can actually use. Include options beyond the names you encounter most often, such as European developer Mistral AI. The field keeps changing; your task gives you a reason to choose.
I worked with both ChatGPT and Claude on the book, sometimes asking one to examine the other’s work. That can produce useful objections, but agreement between two models does not settle the question. Important claims still need checking against evidence.
— Martin Poliačik