Learn 80% of Perplexity in under 10 minutes!
TLDRThis video offers a concise guide to using Perplexity, positioning it as a tool for accurate, real-time information alongside creative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. It highlights Perplexity's settings for data privacy, the importance of customizing profiles, and the focus feature for improved output quality. The video debunks myths about Pro version benefits and showcases Perplexity's capabilities in providing instructions, troubleshooting, and collections for organized research. It contrasts Perplexity with Google in terms of accuracy and efficiency, emphasizing its strengths in factual tasks over creative ones.
Takeaways
- 🧩 Perplexity is positioned as a tool for delivering accurate, real-time information, unlike creative task tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
- 🔒 Perplexity allows users to exclude their data from its training process and access conversation history.
- 💡 The Pro version of Perplexity does not grant access to other paid AI tools, despite using potentially similar underlying models.
- 🛠 Perplexity is optimized for accuracy, speed, and a search-oriented approach, unlike other AI tools that may focus on different aspects.
- 📝 The 'Profile' tab in Perplexity lets users set custom instructions for all conversations, similar to ChatGPT's custom instructions.
- 🔍 The 'Focus' feature in Perplexity helps refine the sources used for queries, improving the quality of output.
- 📚 Perplexity's 'Writing' option attempts to offer a more creative model, though it's less effective than paid versions of ChatGPT and Google Gemini for creative writing.
- 📎 The 'Attach' feature allows users to upload PDFs, with a workaround for images by converting them to PDFs.
- 📝 Perplexity provides a set of instructions for tasks, reducing the need to click through multiple links, unlike traditional search engines.
- 🏅 A comparison shows Perplexity providing more accurate and immediate answers compared to Google, especially for specific queries.
- 🗂️ 'Collections' in Perplexity allow for tailored responses and structured outlines for presentations, enhancing productivity.
Q & A
What is Perplexity and how does it fit into the AI toolkit?
-Perplexity is a tool designed for delivering accurate and real-time information. It fits into the AI toolkit as a spectrum between high brain power creative tasks tools like Chach BT and Google Gemini on one end, and on the other end, tools that excel at delivering factual accuracy like Google search and Perplexity.
What are the advantages of using Perplexity over other AI tools for certain tasks?
-Perplexity is advantageous for tasks requiring a high level of confidence in the answer, such as deciding which supplements to take or troubleshooting software issues, where factual accuracy is crucial.
How does Perplexity handle user data in its training process?
-Perplexity allows users to exclude their data from its training process while still accessing conversation history under the library tab.
What is the myth debunked about Perplexity's Pro version in relation to other paid AI tools?
-The myth debunked is that buying the Pro version of Perplexity does not give access to other paid AI tools like chat GBT. Even if they use the same underlying model, chat GBT and Perplexity apply completely different fine-tuning methods.
What is the purpose of the self-introduction section in Perplexity?
-The self-introduction section in Perplexity works like custom instructions for Chata BT, applying to all conversations within Perplexity and allowing for customization to fit individual needs.
How does the 'Focus' feature in Perplexity improve the quality of output?
-The 'Focus' feature lets users narrow down the sources Perplexity uses, which can drastically improve the quality of the output by tailoring the search to specific types of content or domains.
What is the difference between Perplexity's writing feature and its search-oriented approach?
-Perplexity's writing feature attempts to offer a more creative-oriented model, generating text without searching the web, while its search-oriented approach provides answers by drawing from various sources on the internet.
Why might users encounter difficulties when attaching images in Perplexity?
-Free users of Perplexity can only attach and upload PDFs, not images. However, this can be worked around by converting images to PDFs and uploading them.
How does Perplexity provide instructions for troubleshooting issues like forcing a Wi-Fi connection on an iPhone?
-Perplexity draws from a variety of sources to provide a set of instructions to follow, eliminating the need to click through multiple links on Google to find the right answer.
What is the supplementary information feature in Perplexity and how does it assist users?
-The supplementary information feature in Perplexity provides additional aids like videos or images to help with the query, recognizing that a visual or auditory explanation might be easier for the user to understand.
How does Perplexity's Collections feature enhance the user experience?
-Collections allow users to save and organize information, with the ability to add AI prompts that apply to the entire collection, ensuring that responses are tailored to the user's specific needs or topics of interest.
In what scenarios might Perplexity not perform as well as chat GPT or Google Gemini?
-Perplexity might not perform as well as chat GPT or Google Gemini for high brain-intensive creative tasks, as these tools are designed to deliver more creative and relevant ideas.
Outlines
🤖 Introduction to Perplexity in AI Tools
This paragraph introduces Perplexity as an AI tool that complements high-brainpower creative tools like Chachi and Gemini, focusing on delivering accurate, real-time information. It positions Perplexity alongside Google search and humorously places Reddit as the ultimate source of truth. The speaker emphasizes Perplexity's strength in providing factual answers for tasks that require high confidence, such as health supplement decisions or software troubleshooting. The paragraph also discusses Perplexity's settings, allowing users to exclude their data from training and access conversation history. It debunks the myth that Perplexity Pro grants access to other paid AI tools, explaining the differences in fine-tuning methods between AI tools. The speaker highlights the profile tab for custom instructions that apply to all conversations within Perplexity, similar to Chatbot's custom instructions, and shares personal preferences for structuring writing and adopting a consultant-like tone. The paragraph concludes with a comparison of Perplexity's creative writing feature to Chat GPT and Google Gemini, suggesting the latter perform better in creative tasks.
🗂 Perplexity's Features and Use Cases
The second paragraph delves into Perplexity's features, starting with the 'focus' feature that allows users to specify sources for queries, enhancing output quality. It contrasts Perplexity's approach to Google by providing a set of instructions rather than requiring users to click through multiple links. The paragraph also touches on the 'writing' option, which generates text without web searches, and the 'attach' feature, which allows uploading PDFs but not images—a limitation the speaker workarounds by converting images to PDFs. A real-world use case is presented, where the speaker uses Perplexity to find a solution for forcing a Wi-Fi connection on an iPhone, demonstrating how Perplexity compiles information from various sources. The paragraph also includes a comparison of Perplexity to Google in finding the country with the most gold medals in the Olympics, highlighting Perplexity's ability to provide accurate and immediate answers. The speaker's favorite feature, 'collections,' is introduced, which allows for personalized AI prompts and role assumptions, enhancing the relevance of responses. The paragraph concludes with a discussion on the limitations of Perplexity in creative tasks compared to Chat GPT and Google Gemini and a brief overview of Pro features, such as preferred model settings and more detailed Pro Searches.
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💡Perplexity
💡Fine-tuning
💡Profile Tab
💡Collections
💡Pro Version
💡Focus Feature
💡Structured Outline
💡SCQA Framework
💡Pro Search
💡Labs
💡AI Overviews
Highlights
Perplexity is positioned as a tool for delivering accurate and real-time information, in contrast to creative task tools like Chach BT and Google Gemini.
Perplexity allows users to exclude their data from its training process while still accessing conversation history.
The Pro version of Perplexity does not grant access to other paid AI tools like Chat GBT, despite using similar models.
Perplexity optimizes for accuracy, speed, and a search-oriented approach, unlike other AI tools.
The Profile tab in Perplexity allows for custom instructions that apply to all conversations, similar to Chat ABT's custom instructions.
Perplexity's Focus feature narrows down sources for improved output quality based on the user's needs.
The Writing option in Perplexity is designed to offer a more creative-oriented model, though it's less effective than paid versions of Chat GPT and Google Gemini.
Free users of Perplexity can attach and upload PDFs, but not images, although a workaround is to convert images to PDFs.
Perplexity consolidates information from various sources, providing a set of instructions rather than requiring users to click through multiple links.
Supplementary information is provided by Perplexity, such as video tutorials for troubleshooting, which is not available on Google.
Perplexity competes more with Google AI overviews than with Gemini or Chachi BT due to its focus on accuracy.
Collections in Perplexity allow users to save and organize information, with the ability to add AI prompts that apply to the entire collection.
Perplexity can generate structured outlines for presentations based on user instructions within a collection.
Pro users of Perplexity can set preferred text-to-text and text-to-image models, with image generation being a pro-only feature.
Pro Search in Perplexity provides more detailed answers from a wider range of sources compared to the free version.
Perplexity's Labs feature allows developers to test large language models in a sandbox environment before integration.
Perplexity is less effective for creative brainstorming tasks compared to Chat GPT and Google Gemini.
The video provides a comparison of Perplexity with Google search, showing Perplexity's ability to provide more accurate and consolidated information.
Users can create a page where Perplexity generates an entire blog post based on an initial prompt.
The Discover tab in Perplexity acts as a personalized news feed, potentially showing AI-generated articles.
