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Ask Ada the AI Matchmaker
I just published an article about comparing Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot for learning design work on which one to reach for depending on whether you're drafting assessments, coding a custom interaction, or wrangling a stakeholder deck by 4pm.
After I hit publish, I thought to myself, this would be a great microlearning! So what did I do? Of course I created one. 😄
Meet Ada — an AI concierge who runs a "Matchmaker Desk." Tell her what you're actually working on (drafting assessments, coding a custom interaction, wrangling a stakeholder deck by 4pm) and she matches you to the right tool from the article above, reasoning included.
Two of the eight tasks are honest ties between tools, so she says both names instead of faking a clean winner just to keep things simple.
And yes, I noticed the irony before you did: the article ranks Claude as the strongest coding partner of the four, and Claude is exactly what I built Ask Ada with. I didn't plan that as a bit, it just turned out to be the most honest way to stress-test my own conclusion. It held up. 🙂
Go ask her something real: Ask Ada
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SMcNicol​, wow!! This is one of those projects I can see so many people getting use out of! I love that Ada gives reasoning instead of just a verdict.
This also connects nicely to a conversation happening in this thread Is L&D's role expanding in the age of AI...A few people have been talking about how, as AI puts more content creation in more hands, L&D's role shifts toward building the standards and tools that carry good judgment into interactions we're not personally part of.
This feels like a real-world example of exactly that: instead of being the person everyone pings to ask "which AI tool should I use for this," you built the thing that answers it for them, including the reasoning.If you're willing, this might be neat to share in that thread, too. I think that group would be interested in seeing this!
Thank you Kate! I can absolutely share on that thread. 😀
This is so cool SMcNicol​!
Super slick build, SMcNicol​!
I LOVE this! I would love to show this to my college writing students and have them look at how the app reasons out what to use and then ask them to think about how they might generalize that type of reasoning to make their own model choices. Would you be OK with that? It would involve posting a link in my college's LMS. If you'd rather it not be shared that way, I understand.
Thanks!Yes, feel free to share. Let me know if you need anything else from me.
